Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 21cm, Width: 16cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1313-1888
Record ID
1313-1888
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Pointed oval panel from a linen cloth, tapestery-woven in purple wool and undyed linen thread. Filled with a vine.
İlişki
Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven linen, tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Plain Weave Dyeing Tapestry Weave
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment of plain woven undyed linen, with a slit-tapestry woven panel in brown wool and undyed linen, showing a plant motif of two leafy stems twisting upon themselves. Details are picked out in flying thread brocading in undyed linen thread. Plain weave: Linen warp (S-spun, 23/cm) Linen weft (Z-spun, 12/cm) Tapestry weave: Linen warp (S-spun) Wool weft (Z-spun) Linen weft (S=spun)
Üslup
Late Antique
