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Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Place	Egypt (found) Egypt (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Textiles Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 160mm, Width: 255mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	126-1891
Record ID	126-1891
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	A fragment of woven linen cloth with a decorative strip of embroidery. Egypt, ca. AD600-800. The underlying linen is stained and with holes; undyed; plain weave; thread dia. approx. 1mm; 15x15 tpc; s-spun. The decorative strip, near the base of the fragment, is a piece of rougher linen, embroidered with long stitiches and colourful silk threads (yellow, light blue, dark blue and red) in a floral design (lotus?). It is attached, on the underside, to another piece of finer, glazed linen, possibly with a silk warp. The lower section of the underlying linen is less faded than above the decoration, suggesting it was covered by the finer linen which has since been cut away. A thin strip of the finer linen can also be seen above the decorative strip. Similar to 125-1891.
İlişki	Wallis
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Plain woven linen with silk embroidery Linen Silk Plain Weave Embroidery
Fiziksel açıklama	A fragment of a plain woven, undyed linen cloth, possibly a tunic, with a decorative strip of embroidery. The underlying linen is stained and with holes; thread dia. approx. 1mm; 15x15 tpc; s-spun. The decorative strip, near the base of the fragment, is a piece of rougher linen, embroidered with long stitiches and colourful silk threads (yellow, light blue, dark blue and red) in a floral design. It is attached, on the underside, to another piece of finer, glazed linen, possibly with a silk warp. The lower section of the underlying linen is less faded than above the decoration, suggesting it was covered by the finer linen which has since been cut away. A thin strip of the finer linen can also be seen above the decorative strip.
Üretim	Embroidery is relatively uncommon amongst Late Antique Egyptian textiles. It is possible that this piece was imported or embroidered by a non-Egyptian. 124-1891, 125-1891 and 126-1891 all possibly come from the same tunic.
Üslup	Late Antique

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

Publication Place Egypt (found) Egypt (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Textiles Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 160mm, Width: 255mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 126-1891

Record ID 126-1891

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes A fragment of woven linen cloth with a decorative strip of embroidery. Egypt, ca. AD600-800. The underlying linen is stained and with holes; undyed; plain weave; thread dia. approx. 1mm; 15x15 tpc; s-spun. The decorative strip, near the base of the fragment, is a piece of rougher linen, embroidered with long stitiches and colourful silk threads (yellow, light blue, dark blue and red) in a floral design (lotus?). It is attached, on the underside, to another piece of finer, glazed linen, possibly with a silk warp. The lower section of the underlying linen is less faded than above the decoration, suggesting it was covered by the finer linen which has since been cut away. A thin strip of the finer linen can also be seen above the decorative strip. Similar to 125-1891.

İlişki Wallis

Malzemeler ve teknikler Plain woven linen with silk embroidery Linen Silk Plain Weave Embroidery

Fiziksel açıklama A fragment of a plain woven, undyed linen cloth, possibly a tunic, with a decorative strip of embroidery. The underlying linen is stained and with holes; thread dia. approx. 1mm; 15x15 tpc; s-spun. The decorative strip, near the base of the fragment, is a piece of rougher linen, embroidered with long stitiches and colourful silk threads (yellow, light blue, dark blue and red) in a floral design. It is attached, on the underside, to another piece of finer, glazed linen, possibly with a silk warp. The lower section of the underlying linen is less faded than above the decoration, suggesting it was covered by the finer linen which has since been cut away. A thin strip of the finer linen can also be seen above the decorative strip.

Üretim Embroidery is relatively uncommon amongst Late Antique Egyptian textiles. It is possible that this piece was imported or embroidered by a non-Egyptian. 124-1891, 125-1891 and 126-1891 all possibly come from the same tunic.

Üslup Late Antique