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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.
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Cap with interlacing circles and stars
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Literature notes
A cap is sewn together from light blue silk and undyed mashru, with a cotton lining. It is embroidered in outlines of double running stitch which create interlacing circles and stars, as well as separate knotted designs embroidered in fine blue double running stitches in the mashru compartments and the mashru border band. The circle and star designs of the blue silk compartments also have buttonhole centres, while the blue interlace embroidery on mashru ground has raised knots.
The back of the cap has two narrow triangular flaps in blue silk. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- light-blue silk, and silk and cotton (mashru), embroidered with yellow silk; cotton lining; with stitching in silk
- Dimensions
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11 cm (height)
17 cm (diameter)
ground fabric (cotton and silk (mashru)), along length/width 70 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk), along length/width 60 / 60 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (cotton), along length/width 14 / 14 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk) .01 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.03 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
- Accession no.
- EA1984.367
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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, vol. i p. 15 n. 2, 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 cap is sewn together from light blue silk and undyed mashru, with a cotton lining. It is embroidered in outlines of double running stitch which create interlacing circles and stars, as well as separate knotted designs embroidered in fine blue double running stitches in the mashru compartments and the mashru border band. The circle and star designs of the blue silk compartments also have buttonhole centres, while the blue interlace embroidery on mashru ground has raised knots.
The back of the cap has two narrow triangular flaps in blue silk.
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