Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Lahun (made) -
Subject
Textiles Africa Archaeology Death
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 250mm, Width: 95mm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.248-1977
Record ID
T.248-1977
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
A fragment of decorative border from a larger linen cloth (250mmx95mm). The cloth is of undyed linen with double wefts. he edges are in basket weave and turn to plain weave 5mm before the decorative stripe. The stripe is a tapestry weave (slit tapestery) using coloured wools (yellow, green, red, pink, light and dark blue) in plain weave. The desgin is of geometric squares (approx. 13x18mm) that form zig-zags and use the colours to create pyramid shapes along the stripe. Some staining.
İlişki
Petrie, (William Matthew) Flinders (Sir)
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven and basket 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 the surrounding undyed linen fabric above and below remain; the edges are in basket weave and turn to plain weave 5mm before the decorative stripe. The slit-tapestry woven stripe of 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 red 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
