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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Place	Egypt (made) Akhmim (found, possibly) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 23in, Width: 7in, 1st band width: 1.5in, 2nd band width: 1in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	259-1887
Record ID	259-1887
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Fragment of a tunic, plain woven linen, tapestry woven linen and wool and wool brocade, Egypt, possibly 6th - 10th Century
İlişki	Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Plain woven linen, tapestry woven wool, wool brocade Linen Wool Weaving Brocading Tapestry Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	Fragment of a plain woven, undyed linen tunic, decorated with a set of three clavi alternating between tapestry woven and brocaded dyed wool. The clavi are incomplete at the top, but preserve their pendants at the bottom. Portions of the wool on the tapestry clavi are lost, revealing the linen warps below. The first and third clavi are tapestry woven. The design is divided into two panels, one depicting alternating animals and birds in a scrolling vine-pattern on a red-orange ground, the other a red, white, orange-yellow and green floral motif on an orange-yellow ground. At the bottom of both clavi is a leaf-shaped pendant with a human head. The whole clavus is outlined in black, with the border of the animal panel further decorated with a jewelled pattern. The middle, brocaded clavus has a repeated geometric pattern in alternating green and orange wools; the clavus is outlined and the geometric cross-shaped motifs held within a diaper lozenge of white-beige wool. At the base of this clavus is a pendant containing another cross-motif in orange.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

Publication Place Egypt (made) Akhmim (found, possibly) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 23in, Width: 7in, 1st band width: 1.5in, 2nd band width: 1in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 259-1887

Record ID 259-1887

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Fragment of a tunic, plain woven linen, tapestry woven linen and wool and wool brocade, Egypt, possibly 6th - 10th Century

İlişki Greville Chester

Malzemeler ve teknikler Plain woven linen, tapestry woven wool, wool brocade Linen Wool Weaving Brocading Tapestry Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama Fragment of a plain woven, undyed linen tunic, decorated with a set of three clavi alternating between tapestry woven and brocaded dyed wool. The clavi are incomplete at the top, but preserve their pendants at the bottom. Portions of the wool on the tapestry clavi are lost, revealing the linen warps below. The first and third clavi are tapestry woven. The design is divided into two panels, one depicting alternating animals and birds in a scrolling vine-pattern on a red-orange ground, the other a red, white, orange-yellow and green floral motif on an orange-yellow ground. At the bottom of both clavi is a leaf-shaped pendant with a human head. The whole clavus is outlined in black, with the border of the animal panel further decorated with a jewelled pattern. The middle, brocaded clavus has a repeated geometric pattern in alternating green and orange wools; the clavus is outlined and the geometric cross-shaped motifs held within a diaper lozenge of white-beige wool. At the base of this clavus is a pendant containing another cross-motif in orange.