Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Textiles Africa Archaeology
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 39cm, Width: 30cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.534-1974
Record ID
T.534-1974
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Fragment, sleeve-band from a tunic, plain woven linen and tapestry woven linen and wool, Egypt, 4th Century - 6th Century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven linen, tapestry woven wool and linen Wool Linen Plain Weave Tapestry Weave
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment of plain woven undyed linen, with a short double sleeve-band tapestry woven in purple wool and undyed linen. There is a selvedge on the right edge of the ground fabric, and fringes formed from the twisted warp ends, collected to a small seam. The tapestry woven clavi are in rectangular dark-purple wool, with a fin white linen line. The tapestry warp is based on just some of the ground weave warp. The tapestry is connected to the ground weave only on the horizontal sides, where the warp ends are taken over. The backside of the tapestry weave is done with a linen tapestry weave, at which the ends of the weft-threads lie free as horizontal fringes over the fabric. On the right side, the fringe ends with the selvedge, and the same was probably true of the original left edge, so that the tapestry panels lay in the middle of the fabric. Plain weave: Linen warp (S-spun, 16-18/cm) Linen weft (S-spun, 12/cm) Tapestry weave: Linen warp (S-spun, 10/cm) Wool weft (Z-spun, 12/cm) Linen weft (S-spun) 5 ribs per cm
Üslup
Late Antique
