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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	200
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Textiles Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 230mm, Width: 320mm, Of panel length: 6in, Of panel width: 6in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	2139-1900
Record ID	2139-1900
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	200
Notes	A panel of tapestry-woven wool and linen, some embroidery. Egyptian, ca. AD200-500. The warp is of undyed linen, double and s-spun. Linen is also used as weft and thread to create a guillloche interlace border round the main decoration. The s-spun wool is brown/purple, red and green. The panel is mainly square but with a small triangle enclosing a floral icon, on either side. The square is outlined with the guilloche border and surrounds four circles. Around the circles are floral icons. Two circles enclose tree/floral icons and the other two enclose a striped vase with three petals rising from the mouth. These petals form half the 'rose/cross' icon that is common to Coptic design (ie: an icon of four heart shaped petals, with the pointed ends towards each other, separated with a short cross.) Along one side there are remains of a slit tapestry linen border while on the opposite side are whip stitches of linen thread that once attached the panel to another linen piece.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven linen and wool Linen Wool Weaving Embroidery
Fiziksel açıklama	A panel of tapestry-woven wool and linen, some embroidery. The warp is of undyed linen, double and s-spun. Linen is also used as weft and as thread to create a guillloche, interlace border round the main decoration. The s-spun wool is brown/purple, red and green. The panel is mainly square but with a small triangle enclosing a floral icon, on either side. The square is outlined with the guilloche border and surrounds four circles. Around the circles are floral icons. Two circles enclose tree/floral icons and the other two enclose a striped vase with three petals rising from the mouth. These petals form half the 'rose/cross' icon that is common to Coptic design (ie: an icon of four heart shaped petals, with the pointed ends towards each other, separated with a short cross.) Along one side there are remains of a slit tapestry linen border while on the opposite side are whip stitches of linen thread that once attached the panel to another linen piece.
Üslup	Late Antique

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 200

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Textiles Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 230mm, Width: 320mm, Of panel length: 6in, Of panel width: 6in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 2139-1900

Record ID 2139-1900

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 200

Notes A panel of tapestry-woven wool and linen, some embroidery. Egyptian, ca. AD200-500. The warp is of undyed linen, double and s-spun. Linen is also used as weft and thread to create a guillloche interlace border round the main decoration. The s-spun wool is brown/purple, red and green. The panel is mainly square but with a small triangle enclosing a floral icon, on either side. The square is outlined with the guilloche border and surrounds four circles. Around the circles are floral icons. Two circles enclose tree/floral icons and the other two enclose a striped vase with three petals rising from the mouth. These petals form half the 'rose/cross' icon that is common to Coptic design (ie: an icon of four heart shaped petals, with the pointed ends towards each other, separated with a short cross.) Along one side there are remains of a slit tapestry linen border while on the opposite side are whip stitches of linen thread that once attached the panel to another linen piece.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven linen and wool Linen Wool Weaving Embroidery

Fiziksel açıklama A panel of tapestry-woven wool and linen, some embroidery. The warp is of undyed linen, double and s-spun. Linen is also used as weft and as thread to create a guillloche, interlace border round the main decoration. The s-spun wool is brown/purple, red and green. The panel is mainly square but with a small triangle enclosing a floral icon, on either side. The square is outlined with the guilloche border and surrounds four circles. Around the circles are floral icons. Two circles enclose tree/floral icons and the other two enclose a striped vase with three petals rising from the mouth. These petals form half the 'rose/cross' icon that is common to Coptic design (ie: an icon of four heart shaped petals, with the pointed ends towards each other, separated with a short cross.) Along one side there are remains of a slit tapestry linen border while on the opposite side are whip stitches of linen thread that once attached the panel to another linen piece.

Üslup Late Antique