Author
Unknown
Publication Place
Egypt (found) Egypt (made) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Diameter: 7in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
813-1903
Record ID
813-1903
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Roundel of linen, embroidered with coloured silks. It apparently represents the Annunciation. In the first scene an angel stands behind a woman clad in a long pale-coloured tunic and a blue mantle. In the second, a woman approaches our Lord, who wears a pale greenish-blue tunic and has a cruciferous nimbus. The ground is now straw-coloured. There is a border of heart-shaped flowers. It has been stitched to a piece of linen with a looped pile at the back, perhaps a fragment of the original tunic.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven linen with silk embroidery Linen Silk Weaving Embroidery
Fiziksel açıklama
Roundel of linen, embroidered with coloured silks. It apparently represents the Annunciation. In the first scene an angel stands behind a woman clad in a long pale-coloured tunic and a blue mantle. In the second, a woman approaches our Lord, who wears a pale greenish-blue tunic and has a cruciferous nimbus. The ground is now straw-coloured. There is a border of heart-shaped flowers. It has been stitched to a piece of linen with a looped pile at the back, perhaps a fragment of the original tunic.
Üretim
Embroidery is relatively uncommon amongst Late Antique Egyptian textiles. It is possible that this piece was imported or embroidered by a non-Egyptian.
Üslup
Egyptian
