Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 41cm, Width: 41cm
(Note: dimensions are approximate as the piece is fragmentary), Of band width: 3in, Of octagon diameter: 10in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
837-1886
Record ID
837-1886
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Portion of a linen cloth, with ornament woven in loops of coloured wools and undyed linen thread. An angular band filled with a succession of heart-shapes and a large octagon filled with an ornamental star-form.
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 weft threads every six picks). Additional decoration has been created with looped pile, formed from picks of dyed woolen weft. The design consists of a an octagon with an eight-petalled flower, in purple and yellow wool, with a pink and red centre. Between each of the petals are alternating red and yellow-centred quatrefoils and red, pink, yellow and turquoise heart-shaped petals. The surrounding space is filled with longer pile loops of undyed linen. This design is bordered by a square frame, in purple with a yellow border, containing interlocking heart-shaped buds in red, pink and yellow.
Üslup
Late Antique
