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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Date:	500
Publication Place	Egypt (made) Qau el-Kebir (found) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.108-1924
Record ID	T.108-1924
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	500
Notes	Fragment from a furnishing, possibly an altar frontal, Egypt, Antaeopolis / Qau el-Kebir, 6th-8th Century
İlişki	William Flinders Petrie
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Tapestry Weave
Fiziksel açıklama	Fragment from a plain woven linen fabric, with tapestry-woven decoration in the form of a bejwelled cross. The body of the cross is in yellow wool imitating gold, with inset square jewels in red and green alternating with red medallions showing birds and, in the case of the centre medallion, an eight pointed star. All of the jewels have been outlined in white wool. There are internal selvedges preserved on either side of the top arm of the cross, suggesting the cross was woven separately to the main cross. The selvedge openings have been stitched together with red wool.
Üslup	Late Antique

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

Publication Date 500

Publication Place Egypt (made) Qau el-Kebir (found) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.108-1924

Record ID T.108-1924

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 500

Notes Fragment from a furnishing, possibly an altar frontal, Egypt, Antaeopolis / Qau el-Kebir, 6th-8th Century

İlişki William Flinders Petrie

Malzemeler ve teknikler Tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Tapestry Weave

Fiziksel açıklama Fragment from a plain woven linen fabric, with tapestry-woven decoration in the form of a bejwelled cross. The body of the cross is in yellow wool imitating gold, with inset square jewels in red and green alternating with red medallions showing birds and, in the case of the centre medallion, an eight pointed star. All of the jewels have been outlined in white wool. There are internal selvedges preserved on either side of the top arm of the cross, suggesting the cross was woven separately to the main cross. The selvedge openings have been stitched together with red wool.

Üslup Late Antique