المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
700
مكان النشر
Akhmim (made) Egypt (made) -
الموضوع
Africa Archaeology Textiles Death
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Diameter: 220mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
181-1891
رقم السجل
181-1891
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
700
ملاحظات
A roundel from a linen tunic. Egyptian, possibly Akhmim, ca. AD700-900. It is tapestry-woven in coloured wools (red, green, brown, dark blue, light blue, orange and yellow) on a linen warp (z-spun) and remains stitched (whip stitch) to a backing of undyed linen cloth. At the centre are four birds. The top two are peacocks and are back to back with heads turned in to each other. A vase and garland is between them. The bottom two are quails and are back to back facing away from each other. They sit in a circle of red background with some floral decoration filling the spaces. This is surrounded by a circle of interlocking geometric shapes (L shaped) in different colours. There is then a border of rough heart shaped red leaves with orange V shapes and other small floral icons. This is surrounded by another border of interlocking L/geometric shapes. The linen cloth is a tabby/plain weave, approx 16 x 16 tpc, with consistent thread dia. Both fabrics are stained.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven wool and linen Linen Wool Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
A roundel from a linen tunic. It is tapestry-woven in coloured wools (red, green, brown, dark blue, light blue, orange and yellow) on a linen warp (z-spun) and remains stitched (whip stitch) to a backing of undyed linen cloth. At the centre are four birds. The top two are peacocks and are back to back with heads turned in to each other. A vase and garland is between them. The bottom two are quails and are back to back facing away from each other. They sit in a circle of red background with some floral decoration filling the spaces. This is surrounded by a circle of interlocking geometric shapes (L shaped) in different colours. There is then a border of rough heart shaped red leaves with orange V shapes and other small floral icons. This is surrounded by another border of interlocking L/geometric shapes. The linen cloth is a tabby/plain weave, approx 16 x 16 tpc, with consistent thread dia. Both fabrics are stained.
Üslup
Late Antique