Author
Unknown
Publication Date
500
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Africa Archaeology Textiles Death
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 195mm, Width: 182mm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
2144-1900
Record ID
2144-1900
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
500
Notes
A fragment from a square panel of woven wool (brown, cream and light pink). Egyptian, ca. Ad500-700. One side has a thick selvedge. This side includes a reverse arcade border with floral shapes in each dip, then a line of icons, each within a circle. The icons look like a bird, an animal and a vase?. One the central side of this is a reverse scallop border terminating with dots, with a small dot in each centre. The main decoration panel contain floral shapes in cream with brown borders on a pink background. The warp is of pink wool and s-spun. There are a number of holes across the piece.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven wool Wool Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
A fragment from a square panel of woven wool (brown, cream and light pink). One side has a thick selvedge. This side includes a reverse arcade border with floral shapes in each dip, then a line of icons, each within a circle. The icons look like a bird, an animal and a vase?. One the central side of this is a reverse scallop border terminating with dots, with a small dot in each centre. The main decoration panel contain floral shapes in cream with brown borders on a pink background. The warp is of pink wool and s-spun. There are a number of holes across the piece.
Üslup
Late Antique
