Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Tapestry panel height: 10.5cm, Tapestry panel width: 11cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.64-1978
Record ID
T.64-1978
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Fragment, ornament from a tunic, plain woven linen and tapestry woven linen and wool, Egypt, 4th - 6th Century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven linen, tapestry woven wool and linen Wool Linen Tapestry Weave Plain Weave
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment of plain woven undyed linen, decorated with a square tapestry-woven panel in brown-coloured wool and undyed linen. The tapestry panel, woven separately, is inserted into the ground weave. There is a selvedge and seam on the right side of the ground fabric. The tapestry panel has geometric decoration, with a square in the centre containing a diamound surrounded by four small rosettes, and four large roundels, one in each corner of the panel. Between each roundel is a smaller panel with similar decoration as the central square, of a diamound surrounded by four small roundels containing rosettes. Ground fabric: Linen warp (S-spun, 18-25/cm) Linen weft (S-spun, 20/cm) Tapestry-woven panel: Linen warp (S-spun, 34/cm) Wool weft (Z-spun, 45/cm) 17 ribs per cm
Üretim
The piece seems to be from the same object as T.65-1978, both having the same pattern.
Üslup
Late Antique
