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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 lotuses, and interlacing vine and leaves
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Literature notes
A band is separated into rectangles filled with either an ornate lotus, or an interlacing vine with leaf tendrils, embroidered in brown and green, with white outlines. Between the rectangles and along both borders are bands which contain S-shapes alternating with small crescents. The treatment of design and technical peculiarities are similar to EA1984.98.
The band is sewn together from two pieces of fabric; it also is attached to a backing of coarser linen. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- two pieces of linen, embroidered with coloured silk; linen backing; joined with stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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25 x 11 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric, along length/width 21 / 22 threads/cm (thread count)
backing, along length/width 13 / 11 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric 0.08 cm max. (thread diameter)
ground fabric 0.05 cm min. (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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assembled › woven › plain woven,woven › plain woven,
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.579
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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 is separated into rectangles filled with either an ornate lotus, or an interlacing vine with leaf tendrils, embroidered in brown and green, with white outlines. Between the rectangles and along both borders are bands which contain S-shapes alternating with small crescents. The treatment of design and technical peculiarities are similar to EA1984.98.
The band is sewn together from two pieces of fabric; it also is attached to a backing of coarser linen.
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