Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt
A selection of 10th to 16th century embroideries from the Newberry collection at the Ashmolean by Marianne Ellis (published Oxford, 2001).
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Cap with fleur-de-lys
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Details
- Associated place
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Near East (place of creation)
- Date
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late 13th century - early 14th century
Mamluk Period (1250 - 1517)
- Material and technique
- silk, dyed blue, quilted, with gilded leather appliqué, and embroidered with red and green silk and gilded metal thread; linen lining
- Dimensions
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12 cm (height)
19 cm (diameter)
ground fabric (silk), along length/width 16 / 21 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (linen), along length/width 12 / 12 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk) 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric (linen) 0.1 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.01 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,
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
- Accession no.
- EA1984.368
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Further reading
Ellis, Marianne, Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, in association with Greenville: Curious Works Press, 2001), no. 64 on p. 92, p. 10, illus. p. 92
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 blue silk cap with a linen lining has a band embroidered with crossed diagonal lines and a ?plant, as well as with gold leather strips appliquéd. The crown of the cap is divided into two halves, each with a circle containing a star, and gold appliqué.
The design of the band is mainly defined by quilting. The original accession card suggests that the cap is 19th century, possibly from North Africa. -
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