Author
Unknown
Publication Date
400
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Africa Archaeology Textiles Death
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Width: 225mm, Height: 180mm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
CIRC.60-1920
Record ID
CIRC.60-1920
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
400
Notes
Slit-tapestry woven wool, with some embroidery. Egyptian, ca. AD400-600. Probably from a tunic clavi. The background is in red and there are bands of design running down the piece. One band is bordered, on both sides, with entwined red ropes on a white/cream background. Between these borders are icons (green, white/cream, red) of a rabbit inside a circle with floral attachments; a bird with open wings ; and a naked human figure with a raised hand. To one side of this band is a green stripe (23mm) that ends at the edge of this fragment. On the other side of this band another band starts at 80mm away. It too has a border of entwined red ropes on white/cream and evidence of a human motif and a bird; but this piece is ripped along the side. Holes are also present in the centre of the fragment. Approx. 43x9 tpc; s-spun wool. Some of the green threads are embroidered to create aspects of the designs.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Tapestry woven wool. Wool Weaving Embroidery Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
Slit-tapestry woven wool, with some embroidery. Probably from a tunic clavi. The background is in red and there are bands of design running down the piece. One band is bordered, on both sides, with entwined red ropes on a white/cream background. Between these borders are icons (green, white/cream, red) of a rabbit inside a circle with floral attachments; a bird with open wings ; and a naked human figure with a raised hand. To one side of this band is a green stripe (23mm) that ends at the edge of this fragment. On the other side of this band another band starts at 80mm away. It too has a border of entwined red ropes on white/cream and evidence of a human motif and a bird; but this piece is ripped along the side. Holes are also present in the centre of the fragment. Approx. 43x9 tpc; s-spun wool. Some of the green threads are embroidered to create aspects of the designs.
Üslup
Late Antique
