Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
751-1886
Record ID
751-1886
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Fragment of a cushion or cover, plain woven linen with looped pile and tapestry woven linen and wool, possibly Akhmim, Egypt, 4th Century - 5th Century
İlişki
Henry Wallis
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven linen with looped linen pile, tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Plain Weave Tapestry Weave Looped Pile Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
Square panel from an undyed linen cushion or cover. The plain woven ground fabric has been faced with long loops of undyed linen. In the centre is a tapestry woven panel in purple dyed wool and undyed linen thread. The panel consists of a central roundel with a horseman and rabbit, within a square border with leaves in the intervening spandrels. Surrounding this is a border formed of ten interlocking smaller roundels, each containing a rabbit or lion in purple wool, with tongues picked out in red wool.
Üslup
Late Antique
