The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.
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Textile fragment with rosette and scrolls
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Literature notes
A large square measuring 14 cm x 14.5 cm contains a stylised, elaborate blue rosette with four large and four small petals, each of which is filled with scrolls. At the centre of the flower head is a small quatrefoil. The scrolls are the unembroidered ground fabric, while the blue embroidery defines the outlines and background. It is worked in slanted counted filling stitch worked on the diagonal. The four corners of the square are filled with drawn-thread work with very few remains of yellow silk embroidery, as well as flowers embroidered in undyed flax darning stitch. The square has a border on all four sides, containing small cartouches and tendrils against a background filled with blue slanted counted filling stitch embroidery. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with blue silk and white flax; overcast stitching and drawn-thread openwork in remains of yellow silk
- Dimensions
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20.5 x 18.5 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 24 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
embroidery square 14 x 14.5 cm (length x width)
ground fabric 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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woven › plain woven,assembled › woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.286
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. vol. ii, illus. vol. i
Location
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- currently in research collection
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Publications online
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The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries
A large square measuring 14 cm x 14.5 cm contains a stylised, elaborate blue rosette with four large and four small petals, each of which is filled with scrolls. At the centre of the flower head is a small quatrefoil. The scrolls are the unembroidered ground fabric, while the blue embroidery defines the outlines and background. It is worked in slanted counted filling stitch worked on the diagonal. The four corners of the square are filled with drawn-thread work with very few remains of yellow silk embroidery, as well as flowers embroidered in undyed flax darning stitch. The square has a border on all four sides, containing small cartouches and tendrils against a background filled with blue slanted counted filling stitch embroidery.
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