المؤلف
Unknown (maker)
تاريخ النشر
500
مكان النشر
Egypt (made) Qau el-Kebir (found) -
الموضوع
Textiles Africa
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
T.108-1924
رقم السجل
T.108-1924
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
500
ملاحظات
Fragment from a furnishing, possibly an altar frontal, Egypt, Antaeopolis / Qau el-Kebir, 6th-8th Century
İlişki
William Flinders Petrie
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Tapestry Weave
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment from a plain woven linen fabric, with tapestry-woven decoration in the form of a bejwelled cross. The body of the cross is in yellow wool imitating gold, with inset square jewels in red and green alternating with red medallions showing birds and, in the case of the centre medallion, an eight pointed star. All of the jewels have been outlined in white wool. There are internal selvedges preserved on either side of the top arm of the cross, suggesting the cross was woven separately to the main cross. The selvedge openings have been stitched together with red wool.
Üslup
Late Antique
