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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 16.5in, Width: 15.5in, Of figure height: 15in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	307-1891
Record ID	307-1891
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Fragment of a hanging, plain woven linen with looped wool weft pile, Egypt, 4th Century - 6th Century
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. Selfbands run at regular intervals through the ground fabric (a band of three weft threads every four picks). Additional decoration has been created with looped pile formed by supplementary wool wefts. The pile decoration depicts a nude putto figure, with skin shaded and highlighted in several shades of pale pink wool, with a green and yellow necklace and streamers. The eyes have been picked out in white and black wool, the mouth in darker red, and the hair in light brown. He is looking back over his shoulder, holding a piece of fruit in his raised hand, and a bunch of flowers or plants in the other.
Üslup	Late Antique

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 16.5in, Width: 15.5in, Of figure height: 15in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 307-1891

Record ID 307-1891

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Fragment of a hanging, plain woven linen with looped wool weft pile, Egypt, 4th Century - 6th Century

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. Selfbands run at regular intervals through the ground fabric (a band of three weft threads every four picks). Additional decoration has been created with looped pile formed by supplementary wool wefts. The pile decoration depicts a nude putto figure, with skin shaded and highlighted in several shades of pale pink wool, with a green and yellow necklace and streamers. The eyes have been picked out in white and black wool, the mouth in darker red, and the hair in light brown. He is looking back over his shoulder, holding a piece of fruit in his raised hand, and a bunch of flowers or plants in the other.

Üslup Late Antique