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Title	Fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	300
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 3.125in, Width: 6.875in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.142-1964
Record ID	T.142-1964
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	300
Notes	Textile fragment of woven wool, Egypt, 300-599
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven wool
Fiziksel açıklama	Textile fragment of woven wool. The design in red on yellow is squared off with plain horizontals and decorated verticals, and each square contains a small bird facing left and a tiny hollow square at the top right balancing in composition the head of the bird. The warp and weft are of wool, Z-spun (S-plied in the warp), and woven in a weft-faced compound tabby with the vertical axis of the pattern at right angles to the warp. Warp proportion: one main and one binding end. Weft of two colours, one pick of each in turn.
Üslup	Late Antique

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Fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 300

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 3.125in, Width: 6.875in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.142-1964

Record ID T.142-1964

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 300

Notes Textile fragment of woven wool, Egypt, 300-599

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven wool

Fiziksel açıklama Textile fragment of woven wool. The design in red on yellow is squared off with plain horizontals and decorated verticals, and each square contains a small bird facing left and a tiny hollow square at the top right balancing in composition the head of the bird. The warp and weft are of wool, Z-spun (S-plied in the warp), and woven in a weft-faced compound tabby with the vertical axis of the pattern at right angles to the warp. Warp proportion: one main and one binding end. Weft of two colours, one pick of each in turn.

Üslup Late Antique