المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1250
مكان النشر
Egypt (made) -
الموضوع
Africa Archaeology Textiles Death Hats & Headwear
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Approx. circumference: 640mm, From one edge to the other, measuring the full extent of fabric across the skull area. length: 320mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
46-1899
رقم السجل
46-1899
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1250
ملاحظات
A head cap of woven silk and linen. Egyptian, Possibly Mamluk, ca. AD1250-1500. From a tomb. The cap is comprised of a skull cap and a head band. The skull cap is made of six triangles of fabric sewn together. The fabric is blue silk and is quilted in geometric patterns with a blue silk thread. Decoration is achieved by design on the tips of the triangles. Five tips have six small holes forming a triangle, that are stitched with button hole stitch using blue silk. The sixth triangle has thin strips of gilded leather sewn across to form a triangle. Two strips of gilded leather runs across two of the triangles. The head band (750mm in width) has one band (30mm across) of gilded leather strips, overing the quilting. The rest of the band is decorated with quilted rows of zig-zagged diamonds that run around the cap. The lining is undyed, plain weave linen. Between the lining and the silk is a layer of paper/fibre which helps shape the quilted design. Only half the head band remains and some patches of linen have been applied in modern times to hold some of the torn edges together. Similar to 1097-1900.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk and linen, paper, fibre, gilded leather Silk (Textile) Linen Gilt Leather Fibre Paper Weaving Dyeing Sewing Gilding Tanning
Fiziksel açıklama
A head cap of woven silk and linen. The cap is comprised of a skull cap and a head band. The skull cap is made of six triangles of fabric sewn together. The fabric is blue silk and is quilted in geometric patterns with a blue silk thread. Decoration is achieved by design on the tips of the triangles. Five tips have six small holes forming a triangle, that are stitched with button hole stitch using blue silk. The sixth triangle has thin strips of gilded leather sewn across to form a triangle. Two strips of gilded leather runs across two of the triangles. The head band (750mm in width) has one band (30mm across) of gilded leather strips, overing the quilting. The rest of the band is decorated with quilted rows of zig-zagged diamonds that run around the cap. The lining is undyed, plain weave linen. Between the lining and the silk is a layer of paper/fibre which helps shape the quilted design. Only half the head band remains and some patches of linen have been applied in modern times to hold some of the torn edges together. Similar to 1097-1900.
