المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1250
مكان النشر
Egypt (made) -
الموضوع
Africa Archaeology Textiles Hats & Headwear Death
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Circumference: 560mm, 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
T.174-1976
رقم السجل
T.174-1976
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1250
ملاحظات
A head cap made of woven silk and linen with a padding of linen fibre. Egyptian, ca. AD1250-1500. From a tomb. The cap is comprised of a skull cap attached to a head band. The fabric for both is an olive green, plain woven silk, quilted with a green, silk thread. The skull cap is made of six triangular piece of fabric sewn together. Each triangle has a border made of angled lines. The inside of the triangle has geometric patterns. At the tip of each triangle, where they meet at the centre, are nine small holes in the shape of a diamond, stitched with button hole stitch. The head band (60mm in width) is decorated with quilted rows of zig-zagged diamonds that run around the cap. Above and below are rows of running stitch. There are two linen linings, with padding in between. The linen is undyed; plain woven; approx. 16x16 tpc. The padding is made from a fibrous paper and rolled wads of linen? fibre. The cap is damaged with holes and staining.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven and quilted silk and linen, linen fibre, quilted Silk (Textile) Linen Weaving Sewing Dyeing Quilting
Fiziksel açıklama
A head cap made of woven silk and linen with a padding of linen fibre. The cap is comprised of a skull cap attached to a head band. The fabric for both is an olive green, plain woven silk, quilted with a green, silk thread. The skull cap is made of six triangular piece of fabric sewn together. Each triangle has a border made of angled lines. The inside of the triangle has geometric patterns. At the tip of each triangle, where they meet at the centre, are nine small holes in the shape of a diamond, stitched with button hole stitch. The head band (60mm in width) is decorated with quilted rows of zig-zagged diamonds that run around the cap. Above and below are rows of running stitch. There are two linen linings, with padding in between. The linen is undyed; plain woven; approx. 16x16 tpc. The padding is made from a fibrous paper and rolled wads of linen? fibre. The cap is damaged with holes and staining.
