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Title	Fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1000
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 22.8cm, Width: 30.48cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.175-1931
Record ID	T.175-1931
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1000
Notes	Textile fragment of tapestry-woven linen and silk, Egypt, 1000-1199
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Tapestry-woven linen and silk
Fiziksel açıklama	Textile fragment of tapestry-woven linen and silk. The upper part is of linen. With horizontal bands of silk woven yellow and red with a pattern of quasi-roundels formed by the twisting of two ropes. In the centre of each roundel is a human figure and an animal. At right angles to this band is a vertical strip of yellow silk woven with a vertical repeat of two red lions with green wings on either side of a green tree. At right angles to this, along the bottom of the fragment, is a band composed of three rows of arrowhead ornament in yellow on red. At the right side is a vertical strip woven with alternate chevrons of blue and yellow. The centre has almost gone, but may have been composed of a band of linen with a small pattern in black, a band of red silk below, and a third band of black silk.

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Fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1000

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 22.8cm, Width: 30.48cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.175-1931

Record ID T.175-1931

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1000

Notes Textile fragment of tapestry-woven linen and silk, Egypt, 1000-1199

Malzemeler ve teknikler Tapestry-woven linen and silk

Fiziksel açıklama Textile fragment of tapestry-woven linen and silk. The upper part is of linen. With horizontal bands of silk woven yellow and red with a pattern of quasi-roundels formed by the twisting of two ropes. In the centre of each roundel is a human figure and an animal. At right angles to this band is a vertical strip of yellow silk woven with a vertical repeat of two red lions with green wings on either side of a green tree. At right angles to this, along the bottom of the fragment, is a band composed of three rows of arrowhead ornament in yellow on red. At the right side is a vertical strip woven with alternate chevrons of blue and yellow. The centre has almost gone, but may have been composed of a band of linen with a small pattern in black, a band of red silk below, and a third band of black silk.