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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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.

The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

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Textile fragment with alternating diamond-shapes and hexagons

  • Literature notes

    A band with a single row of linked alternating diamonds and hexagons. The geometric shapes are embroidered in brown and blue. The diamonds each contain a star; the interior design of the hexagons cannot be read for certain, but may be a four-armed spiral. Along both sides of the band is a border with hexagons, each holding an S-shape.

    The main band and borders are separated by a single line of brown cross stitches.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Africa › Egypt (find spot)
    Africa › Egypt › Cairo › Cairo › Fustat (possible find spot)
    Near East (place of creation)
    Date
    10th - 15th century AD
    Material and technique
    linen, embroidered with brown and blue silk
    Dimensions
    26.5 x 14 cm max. (length x width)
    along length/width 19 / 21 threads/cm (thread count)
    ground fabric 0.05 cm max. (thread diameter)
    ground fabric 0.03 cm min. (thread diameter)
    additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
    Material index
    organic › vegetal › fibre › flax › linen,
    processed material › textile › linen,
    organic › animal › animal product › silk,
    processed material › textile › silk
    Technique index
    assembled › woven › plain woven,
    woven › plain woven,
    needleworked › embroidered
    Object type index
    textile
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
    Accession no.
    EA1984.569

  • 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

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    • currently in research collection

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  • The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis

    The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries

    A band with a single row of linked alternating diamonds and hexagons. The geometric shapes are embroidered in brown and blue. The diamonds each contain a star; the interior design of the hexagons cannot be read for certain, but may be a four-armed spiral. Along both sides of the band is a border with hexagons, each holding an S-shape.

    The main band and borders are separated by a single line of brown cross stitches.
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