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An unpublished catalogue of the Ashmolean’s collection of Islamic embroideries from Egyptologist Percy Newberry, by Ruth Barnes and Marianne Ellis.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 octagon, rosette, and palmettes, possibly from a bag or pocket
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Literature notes
A blue octagon contains a six-petalled white rosette; it also has four trefoils and four palmettes arranged alternately around its edge. An attached band has a geometric pattern embroidered with running stitch in blue flax fibre.
The fragments may have been part of a bag or pocket. They are stitched together with a linen lining covered with silk embroidery. -
Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
- 10th - 15th century AD
- Material and technique
- two pieces of silk, embroidered with coloured silk; linen lining; joined with stitching in flax
- Dimensions
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23.5 x 14 cm max. (length x width)
ground fabric (silk), along length/width 46 / 26 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (linen), along length/width 18 / 17 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk) 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric (linen) 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.06 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
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transport/carrier › carrier › bag,
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1993.102
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Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, cat. p. 63 (vol. iv), illus. vol. iv p. 63
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 blue octagon contains a six-petalled white rosette; it also has four trefoils and four palmettes arranged alternately around its edge. An attached band has a geometric pattern embroidered with running stitch in blue flax fibre.
The fragments may have been part of a bag or pocket. They are stitched together with a linen lining covered with silk embroidery.
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