Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 20in, Width: 16in, Of roundel diameter: 14in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
836-1886
Record ID
836-1886
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Fragment of a linen cloth, with a large roundel and traces of a straight border woven in loops of purple wool and undyed linen thread. The centre of the roundel is plain, with an inverted scalloped border having circular discs within the curves. The straight border had a wavy stem.
İlişki
Henry Wallis
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven linen with looped linen and wool pile Linen Wool Plain Weave Looped Pile
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment of a plain woven undyed linen cloth, possibly a hanging or cover. Selfbands run at regular intervals through the ground fabric (a band of three threads every four picks). Additional decoration has been created with looped pile, formed from picks of dyed woolen weft. The decoration consists of a central roundel, with an inverted scalloped border with disks within the curves, in purple dyed wool. This is in turn surrounded by a plain circular border. The intervening space is filled with pile loops of undyed linen. At the top of the fragment are the remains of a wavy band in purple dyed wool, possibly a stylised vine stem, again surrounded by undyed linen loops.
Üslup
Late Antique
