Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Akhmim (Found) -
Subject
Archaeology Death Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
9-1888
Record ID
9-1888
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Fillet or headrest, leather stuffed with hair, Akhmim, Egypt, Late Antique, possibly 4th - 8th Century
İlişki
Henry Wallis
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Leather wrapped hair, with stitched and gilded decoration Leather Gold Leaf Linen Hair Tanning Gilding Openwork
Parçalar
Fillet, Fillet
Fiziksel açıklama
Fillet or headrest. The body is a rounded, crescent-shaped black-brown leather pad with tapering ends, stuffed with fine golden-brown hair. One tip of the fillet has split, to reveal the hair beneath. A leather thong is attached to the other tip. The leather is particularly watermarked and blackened at one end. The fillet is decorated with three flowerets in red leather decorated with gilding, which have been stitched to the surface. The central flowerest is stitched to a circle of gilt leather. With this object is also the tip of a second fillet decorated with gilt.
Üslup
Egyptian Late Antique
