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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 band of stars or flowers
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Literature notes
A band of linked star or flower shapes made up from triangles, with a border of small rectangles. Small dots of pink (brown) are at the centre of each star or flower.
The metallic thread is tarnished black, but probably is silver thread. [The silver band is wrapped around a silk core.] It covers the entire band and obscures the ground fabric. On the reverse are dark pink and yellow silk threads; these were used to embroider the centres of the stars or floral shapes. Also on the reverse there is an accession number (1968.574), probably from the Department of Antiquities. [It is possibly of European origin & not part of the original Newberry collection.] -
Details
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- dark-blue wool, embroidered with yellow and dark-pink silk, and metal thread, probably silver, wrapped around a silk core
- Dimensions
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14.5 x 6 cm max. (length x width)
along length/width 12 / 12 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.1 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.1 cm (thread diameter)
- Material index
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organic › animal › animal product › silk,
- Technique index
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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,dyed,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.365
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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. iii, 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 band of linked star or flower shapes made up from triangles, with a border of small rectangles. Small dots of pink (brown) are at the centre of each star or flower.
The metallic thread is tarnished black, but probably is silver thread. [The silver band is wrapped around a silk core.] It covers the entire band and obscures the ground fabric. On the reverse are dark pink and yellow silk threads; these were used to embroider the centres of the stars or floral shapes. Also on the reverse there is an accession number (1968.574), probably from the Department of Antiquities. [It is possibly of European origin & not part of the original Newberry collection.]
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