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Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Place	Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 15in, Width: 13in, Of panel length: 8.5in, Of panel width: 8.5in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	639-1886
Record ID	639-1886
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Square panel from a linen cloth, faced with long loops, tapestry-woven with purple wool, with details in yellow, red, and green wool, and undyed linen thread. A spotted or streaked animal within a central circle formed by a broad band covered with a row of discs; leaves in the spandrels. Border of guilloche ornament, and outer border of inverted scallops.
İlişki	Henry Wallis
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Plain woven linen with looped linen pile, tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Plain Weave Tapestry Weave Looped Pile Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	Square panel from an undyed linen cushion or cover. The plain woven ground fabric has been faced with long loops of undyed linen. In the centre is a tapestry woven panel in purple wool, with details in yellow, red, and green wool, and undyed linen thread. At the centre of the panel is a spotted lion within a medallion. The border of the medallion is a jewelled border with the outer and inner edges in yellow wool. This is in turn within a square, with leaves in the intervening spanedels. The square border contains four right-angled compartments with rosette mofits. The outermost border is a repeated design of inverted scallops.
Üslup	Late Antique

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

Publication Place Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 15in, Width: 13in, Of panel length: 8.5in, Of panel width: 8.5in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 639-1886

Record ID 639-1886

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Square panel from a linen cloth, faced with long loops, tapestry-woven with purple wool, with details in yellow, red, and green wool, and undyed linen thread. A spotted or streaked animal within a central circle formed by a broad band covered with a row of discs; leaves in the spandrels. Border of guilloche ornament, and outer border of inverted scallops.

İlişki Henry Wallis

Malzemeler ve teknikler Plain woven linen with looped linen pile, tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Plain Weave Tapestry Weave Looped Pile Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama Square panel from an undyed linen cushion or cover. The plain woven ground fabric has been faced with long loops of undyed linen. In the centre is a tapestry woven panel in purple wool, with details in yellow, red, and green wool, and undyed linen thread. At the centre of the panel is a spotted lion within a medallion. The border of the medallion is a jewelled border with the outer and inner edges in yellow wool. This is in turn within a square, with leaves in the intervening spanedels. The square border contains four right-angled compartments with rosette mofits. The outermost border is a repeated design of inverted scallops.

Üslup Late Antique