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Title	Fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Place	Egypt (found) Akhmim (made, possibly) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 11in, Width: 7.5in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	689-1886
Record ID	689-1886
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Panel from a linen cloth, tapestry-woven in coloured wools, chiefly purple and linen thread. A vine growing from a gadrooned two0-handed vase in red and green; amid the stems are two birds and a hare.
İlişki	Henry Wallis
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Plain woven linen, tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Tapestry
Fiziksel açıklama	Fragment from a plain woven, undyed linen cloth, possibly a tunic, with a tapestry woven panel in purple, red, orange and green dyed wool. The tapestry depicts a symmetrical vine emerging from a two-handled vase, containing a hare and two birds. Much of the woolen weft has been lost, revealing the grouped linen warps beneath.
Üslup	Late Antique

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Fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

Publication Place Egypt (found) Akhmim (made, possibly) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 11in, Width: 7.5in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 689-1886

Record ID 689-1886

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Panel from a linen cloth, tapestry-woven in coloured wools, chiefly purple and linen thread. A vine growing from a gadrooned two0-handed vase in red and green; amid the stems are two birds and a hare.

İlişki Henry Wallis

Malzemeler ve teknikler Plain woven linen, tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Tapestry

Fiziksel açıklama Fragment from a plain woven, undyed linen cloth, possibly a tunic, with a tapestry woven panel in purple, red, orange and green dyed wool. The tapestry depicts a symmetrical vine emerging from a two-handled vase, containing a hare and two birds. Much of the woolen weft has been lost, revealing the grouped linen warps beneath.

Üslup Late Antique