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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 stars and diamond-shapes
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Literature notes
A wide design field with stars outlined in fine dark-blue double running stitch, each filled with a bright blue eight-pointed star and small yellow diamonds set between the points; these stars and diamonds are embroidered in slanted counted filling stitch worked in straight rows.
There is a coarsely done mending stitch as well as the remains of a pouch sewn onto the back. This is of undyed, plain linen, with a threadcount of 24/24, z/z spin, and thread diameter of 0.5 mm. -
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- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- linen, embroidered with blue, dark-blue, and yellow silk; remains of linen pouch on the reverse; with remains of repair stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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15 x 22 cm max. (warp x weft)
24 / 22 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)
pouch 24 / 24 threads/cm (thread count)
pouch 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.
- EA1984.518
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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 wide design field with stars outlined in fine dark-blue double running stitch, each filled with a bright blue eight-pointed star and small yellow diamonds set between the points; these stars and diamonds are embroidered in slanted counted filling stitch worked in straight rows.
There is a coarsely done mending stitch as well as the remains of a pouch sewn onto the back. This is of undyed, plain linen, with a threadcount of 24/24, z/z spin, and thread diameter of 0.5 mm.
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