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Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	300
Publication Place	Akhmim (made) Egypt (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Textiles Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 235mm, Width: 220mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	276-1889
Record ID	276-1889
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	300
Notes	A square panel from a linen cloth, tapestry-woven in coloured wool (red, yellow, olive, light and dark green, purple) and undyed linen (both s-spun). Egyptian, ca. AD300-500. At the centre are four baskets of flowers (two facing to the right, two facing to the left). They are surrounded by inter-twinned circle borders and there are floral icons in the corners. This is surrounded by a solid, red square border. Around this is a guilloche pattern with flowers in each centre. There is another solid, red border around the guilloche. The sides are selvedge; the warp is double; there are a number of holes across the piece.
İlişki	Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven linen and wool Linen Wool Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	A square panel from a linen cloth, tapestry-woven in coloured wool (red, yellow, olive, light and dark green, purple) and undyed linen (both s-spun). At the centre are four baskets of flowers (two facing to the right, two facing to the left). They are surrounded by inter-twinned circle borders and there are floral icons in the corners. This is surrounded by a solid, red square border. Around this is a guilloche pattern with flowers in each centre. There is another solid, red border around the guilloche. The sides are selvedge; the warp is double; there are a number of holes across the piece.
Üslup	Late Antique

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 300

Publication Place Akhmim (made) Egypt (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Textiles Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 235mm, Width: 220mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 276-1889

Record ID 276-1889

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 300

Notes A square panel from a linen cloth, tapestry-woven in coloured wool (red, yellow, olive, light and dark green, purple) and undyed linen (both s-spun). Egyptian, ca. AD300-500. At the centre are four baskets of flowers (two facing to the right, two facing to the left). They are surrounded by inter-twinned circle borders and there are floral icons in the corners. This is surrounded by a solid, red square border. Around this is a guilloche pattern with flowers in each centre. There is another solid, red border around the guilloche. The sides are selvedge; the warp is double; there are a number of holes across the piece.

İlişki Chester

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven linen and wool Linen Wool Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama A square panel from a linen cloth, tapestry-woven in coloured wool (red, yellow, olive, light and dark green, purple) and undyed linen (both s-spun). At the centre are four baskets of flowers (two facing to the right, two facing to the left). They are surrounded by inter-twinned circle borders and there are floral icons in the corners. This is surrounded by a solid, red square border. Around this is a guilloche pattern with flowers in each centre. There is another solid, red border around the guilloche. The sides are selvedge; the warp is double; there are a number of holes across the piece.

Üslup Late Antique