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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	900
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Textiles Africa Archaeology Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 185mm, Height: 210mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	128-1891
Record ID	128-1891
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	900
Notes	A band of tapestry woven silk on an undyed linen warp. Possibly the end of a scarf or girdle. Egyptian ca. AD900-1100. The linen is fine with differing thread dia. between approx. 0.3mm - 0.6mm; s-spun; approx. 14 x 16 tpc. The silk colours are yellow, brown, blue and green on a cream/buff background. The pattern shows a band of design bordered on either side with a line approx. 10mm side of guilloche pattern. A cream silk is plain woven on the outer edge to stand out from the linen. Within these borders is a band of design. The design has two circles with stylised birds (?) inside. The birds are globular in shape. Between the circles are other globular shapes that show bilateral symmetry. One side is selvedge and the other has been turned over and roughly stitched with a cream silk thread in running stitch. The top and bottom edges are stained and the piece has some holes.
İlişki	Wallis
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven linen and silk Linen Silk Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	A band of tapestry woven silk on an undyed linen warp. Possibly the end of a scarf or girdle. The linen is fine with differing thread dia. between approx. 0.3mm - 0.6mm; s-spun; approx. 14 x 16 tpc. The silk colours are yellow, brown, blue and green on a cream/buff background. The pattern shows a band of design bordered on either side with a line approx. 10mm side of guilloche pattern. A cream silk is plain woven on the outer edge to stand out from the linen. Within these borders is a band of design. The design has two circles with stylised birds (?) inside. The birds are globular in shape. Between the circles are other globular shapes that show bilateral symmetry. One side is selvedge and the other has been turned over and roughly stitched with a cream silk thread in running stitch. The top and bottom edges are stained and the piece has some holes.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 900

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Textiles Africa Archaeology Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 185mm, Height: 210mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 128-1891

Record ID 128-1891

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 900

Notes A band of tapestry woven silk on an undyed linen warp. Possibly the end of a scarf or girdle. Egyptian ca. AD900-1100. The linen is fine with differing thread dia. between approx. 0.3mm - 0.6mm; s-spun; approx. 14 x 16 tpc. The silk colours are yellow, brown, blue and green on a cream/buff background. The pattern shows a band of design bordered on either side with a line approx. 10mm side of guilloche pattern. A cream silk is plain woven on the outer edge to stand out from the linen. Within these borders is a band of design. The design has two circles with stylised birds (?) inside. The birds are globular in shape. Between the circles are other globular shapes that show bilateral symmetry. One side is selvedge and the other has been turned over and roughly stitched with a cream silk thread in running stitch. The top and bottom edges are stained and the piece has some holes.

İlişki Wallis

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven linen and silk Linen Silk Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama A band of tapestry woven silk on an undyed linen warp. Possibly the end of a scarf or girdle. The linen is fine with differing thread dia. between approx. 0.3mm - 0.6mm; s-spun; approx. 14 x 16 tpc. The silk colours are yellow, brown, blue and green on a cream/buff background. The pattern shows a band of design bordered on either side with a line approx. 10mm side of guilloche pattern. A cream silk is plain woven on the outer edge to stand out from the linen. Within these borders is a band of design. The design has two circles with stylised birds (?) inside. The birds are globular in shape. Between the circles are other globular shapes that show bilateral symmetry. One side is selvedge and the other has been turned over and roughly stitched with a cream silk thread in running stitch. The top and bottom edges are stained and the piece has some holes.