Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Lahun (made) -
Subject
Textiles Africa Archaeology
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 21cm, Width: 12cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.252-1975
Record ID
T.252-1975
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Fragment of a hanging, plain woven linen and tapestry woven wool and linen, possibly Lahun, Egypt, 4th Century - 6th Century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven linen, tapestry woven wool and linen Linen Wool Plain Weave Dyeing Tapestry Weave
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment of a tapestry woven band in red, pink, blue, green and yellow dyed wools, and undyed linen thread, originally from a larger hanging. Areas of surrounding plain woven undyed linen remain. The slit-tapestry woven decoration consists of three tessellating, polychrome stepped or crenellated triangles, and the remains of a fourth. The first is woven in undyed linen, pink wool and red wool; the second in yellow wool, green wool and blue wool; and the third in yellow wool, green wool and dark blue wool. The remaining parts the fourth triangle are in yellow wool and pink wool.
Üretim
Stepped or crenellated triangles of a similar type form part of the design of a large hanging from Antinoe, now Lyon Musée des Tissus inv. MT 28929.122; see F. Calament and M. Durand, Antinoé à la vie, à la monde. Visions d'élégance dans les solitudes (Lyon 2013), 80-81 No. 13.
Üslup
Egyptian Late Antique
