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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1250
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Textiles Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 120mm, Width: 145mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.88-1937
Record ID	T.88-1937
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1250
Notes	Dark blue silk embroidered over woven, undyed linen. Egyptian, Mamluk period, ca. AD1250-1500. One edge is selvedge and along this side is a border (45mm wide) of stylised flower motifs. Next to the border is another stylised flower that covers the remainder of the piece. The flowers are of undyed linen and the background is of embroidered blue silk.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Silk embroidered onto woven linen Silk Linen Weaving Embroidery Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	Dark blue silk embroidered over woven, undyed linen. One edge is selvedge and along this side is a border (45mm wide) of stylised flower motifs. Next to the border is another stylised flower that covers the remainder of the piece. The flowers are of undyed linen and the background is of embroidered blue silk.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1250

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Textiles Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 120mm, Width: 145mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.88-1937

Record ID T.88-1937

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1250

Notes Dark blue silk embroidered over woven, undyed linen. Egyptian, Mamluk period, ca. AD1250-1500. One edge is selvedge and along this side is a border (45mm wide) of stylised flower motifs. Next to the border is another stylised flower that covers the remainder of the piece. The flowers are of undyed linen and the background is of embroidered blue silk.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Silk embroidered onto woven linen Silk Linen Weaving Embroidery Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama Dark blue silk embroidered over woven, undyed linen. One edge is selvedge and along this side is a border (45mm wide) of stylised flower motifs. Next to the border is another stylised flower that covers the remainder of the piece. The flowers are of undyed linen and the background is of embroidered blue silk.