Quilted bag with rosettes, stars, and quatrefoils, probably an amulet-bag
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Details
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Title
Quilted bag with rosettes, stars, and quatrefoils, probably an amulet-bag
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Associated place
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Date
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Material and technique
coloured silk applied patchwork, quilted, and embroidered with coloured silk; linen lining; silk string; with stitching, possibly in cotton
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Object type
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Dimensions
11 x 8.5 cm (length x width)
ground fabric (silk), along length/width 48 / 48 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (linen), along length/width 18 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
ground fabric (silk) 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
ground fabric (linen) 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
additional fibre, embroidery 0.05 cm (thread diameter)
tassels 2 cm (length) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Professor Percy Newberry, 1941.
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Museum location
Lower ground floor | Gallery 5 | Textiles -
Museum department
Eastern Art
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Accession no.
EA1984.125
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Catalogue text
Patchwork quilted triangles on one side, and squares on the other, with embroidered rosettes, stars, and quatrefoils.
A small bag (amulet bag?) is sewn in patchwork over a linen base, with red, yellow, and green tassles and a red string for holding. The patches are probably held together by back stitch.In: Ellis, Marianne, Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, in association with Greenville: Curious Works Press, 2001)
This little bag is another delightful example of silk applied patchwork.
In: Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum
Further reading
Barnes, Ruth and Marianne Ellis, ‘The Newberry Collection of Islamic Embroideries’, 4 vols, 2001, Oxford, Ashmolean Museum, vol. ii, vol. i
Ellis, Marianne, Embroideries and Samplers from Islamic Egypt (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, in association with Greenville: Curious Works Press, 2001), no. 66 on p. 94, illus. p. 94
