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Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Place	Egypt (made) Akhmim (made, possibly) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Various height: 11in, Border width: 7in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1278-1888
Record ID	1278-1888
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Only fragments of this textile remain today - these decorated areas were cut out from the fabric when it was originally rediscovered, and the surrounding undecorated areas discarded. This was commonly practiced by nineteenth century dealers. Because of this, the original purpose of the textile was unclear, as the same decorative motifs often occured on both clothing and household furnishings. Indeed, running bands of similar composition are attested in several contexts.
İlişki	Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Plain woven linen, tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Wool Weaving Plain Weave Tapestry Weave
Fiziksel açıklama	1278-1888 to 1278E-1888 comprise six fragments from a textile, possibly a furnishing. All of the fragments are tapestry woven in red, green, yellow and purple dyed wool on undyed linen. These fragments originally formed areas of decoration on a larger, plain woven undyed linen fabric, surrounding areas of which are preserved on several of the fragments. The decoration consists of a vertical band divided into alternating registers with dancing figures, dressed in yellow, red and green, and running animals (lions and hares). The figures are on a ground further decorated with floral designs. This central area is bordered with a running decoration of a wavy stem, with arrow-head leaves in red and green.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

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

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Various height: 11in, Border width: 7in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1278-1888

Record ID 1278-1888

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Only fragments of this textile remain today - these decorated areas were cut out from the fabric when it was originally rediscovered, and the surrounding undecorated areas discarded. This was commonly practiced by nineteenth century dealers. Because of this, the original purpose of the textile was unclear, as the same decorative motifs often occured on both clothing and household furnishings. Indeed, running bands of similar composition are attested in several contexts.

İlişki Greville Chester

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

Fiziksel açıklama 1278-1888 to 1278E-1888 comprise six fragments from a textile, possibly a furnishing. All of the fragments are tapestry woven in red, green, yellow and purple dyed wool on undyed linen. These fragments originally formed areas of decoration on a larger, plain woven undyed linen fabric, surrounding areas of which are preserved on several of the fragments. The decoration consists of a vertical band divided into alternating registers with dancing figures, dressed in yellow, red and green, and running animals (lions and hares). The figures are on a ground further decorated with floral designs. This central area is bordered with a running decoration of a wavy stem, with arrow-head leaves in red and green.