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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Place	Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 8in, Width: 6in, Of oval height: 7.5in, Of oval width: 5.5in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1336-1888
Record ID	1336-1888
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Ornament from a linen cloth, woven in red, yellow and green woollen loops. Partly coloured oval device with an angular lozenge-form in the middle (perhaps a conventional blossom).
İlişki	Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Plain woven linen with looped wool pile Linen Wool Plain Weave Looped Pile
Fiziksel açıklama	Fragment of a plain woven undyed linen cloth, possibly a hanging or cover. Decoration has been created with looped pile, formed from picks of dyed woolen weft woven into the ground fabric. The decoration consists of a slightly oval roundel, quartered in red and undyed wool loops; the bottom right corner of the roundel is partly in yellow dyed wool. At the centre of the roundel is an angular lozenge form (perhaps a stylised blosson?), the outside in undyed wool, then red, with a square of dark green wool at the very centre. There is also another square of dark green wool below this.
Üslup	Egyptian Late Antique

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

Publication Place Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 8in, Width: 6in, Of oval height: 7.5in, Of oval width: 5.5in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1336-1888

Record ID 1336-1888

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Ornament from a linen cloth, woven in red, yellow and green woollen loops. Partly coloured oval device with an angular lozenge-form in the middle (perhaps a conventional blossom).

İlişki Greville Chester

Malzemeler ve teknikler Plain woven linen with looped wool pile Linen Wool Plain Weave Looped Pile

Fiziksel açıklama Fragment of a plain woven undyed linen cloth, possibly a hanging or cover. Decoration has been created with looped pile, formed from picks of dyed woolen weft woven into the ground fabric. The decoration consists of a slightly oval roundel, quartered in red and undyed wool loops; the bottom right corner of the roundel is partly in yellow dyed wool. At the centre of the roundel is an angular lozenge form (perhaps a stylised blosson?), the outside in undyed wool, then red, with a square of dark green wool at the very centre. There is also another square of dark green wool below this.

Üslup Egyptian Late Antique