Yazar
Unknown (maker)
Basım Yeri
Egypt (made) -
Konu
Textiles Africa
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Length: 21.5cm, Width: 18cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
375-1895
Kayıt Numarası
375-1895
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Notlar
Square panel from a linen tunic, tapestry-woven in purple wool and undyed linen thread. Within a central circle a mounted huntsman and a lion. Leaf-ornament in the spandrels. A border of interlaced bands forms circles which enclose alternately an animal or a leafy stem.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Tapestry woven linen and wool Wool Linen Plain Weave Tapestry Weave Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment of a tapestry woven panel, possibly from a linen tunic, in purple-brown wool and undyed linen thread. The slit-tapestry woven pattern, dark on light, consists of a central circle within a rectangle, with a lion and mounted hunter, and leaf-ornament in the spandrels. Bordering this is a pattern border of interlacing vines forming circlular compartments, each alternately containing an animal or a stylised vine leaf. Details are picked out in flying thread brocading, in undyed linen thread. The panel has been mounted to a modern plain woven linen ground fabric. Tapestry weave: Linen warp (S-spun) Wool weft (Z-spun, 60/cm) Linen weft (S-spun, 50/c)
Üslup
Late Antique
