Publication Place
Akhmim (made) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 26in, Width: 10in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1264-1888
Record ID
1264-1888
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Portion of a cloth, woven in undyed linen thread and purple wool. In the middle is a band with a double vertical row of circles formed by interlacing bands of modified guilloche ornament and enclosing crouching lions in one row and running lions in the other. Birds fill the intervening spaces. On either side of this, the cover is faced with linen loops. There are traces of another vertical band of ornament at the right edge.
İlişki
Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wool Linen Thread Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Portion of a cloth, woven in undyed linen thread and purple wool. In the middle is a band with a double vertical row of circles formed by interlacing bands of modified guilloche ornament and enclosing crouching lions in one row and running lions in the other. Birds fill the intervening spaces. On either side of this, the cover is faced with linen loops. There are traces of another vertical band of ornament at the right edge.
