Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Largest fragment length: 7in, Largest fragment width: 7in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
286A-1891
Record ID
286A-1891
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Three fragments of a linen cloth, with a woven pattern in coloured woollen loops. One has the leg, another the forearm, of a running boy; the third has the flying end of a chlamys. On each of the two first are also floral stems.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven linen with looped wool pile Linen Wool Plain Weave Looped Pile
Fiziksel açıklama
One of three small fragments of a plain woven undyed linen cloth, possibly a hanging. Decoration has been created with looped pile, formed from picks of dyed woolen weft woven into the ground fabric. Two fragments depict the forearm and leg of a naked putto figure, the skin highlighted and shaded in several shades of pink, alongside floral stems in red and green (and on one fragment, additional blue and yellow buds). The stem of one vine is made of multiple coloured wools woven together. The third fragment has the end of either a wing or chlamys in green. From the same textile as 286-1891 and possibly 307-1891.
Üslup
Egyptian Late Antique
