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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1200
Publication Place	Persia (made) Syria (made) Iran (made) -
Subject	Archaeology Textiles Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 230mm, Width: 273mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.122-1921
Record ID	T.122-1921
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1200
Notes	A silk lampas, compound weave. Possibly Syria or Persia, ca. AD1200-1400. The piece has three bands of decoration in buff and brown with some light blue. The central band has leopards hunting deer and trees in the background. Some of the leaves are in light blue. On either side of this band are four thin, brown lines and a thick fifth line. There is a gap of approx. 22mm before the next band on either side.The central decoration is a tall Islamic script bordered on either side with four thin, brown lines and a thick fifth line. The piece is stained and has holes. One side is selvedge.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Compound woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	A silk lampas, compound weave. The piece has three bands of decoration in buff and brown with some light blue. The central band has leopards hunting deer and trees in the background. Some of the leaves are in light blue. On either side of this band are four thin, brown lines and a thick fifth line. There is a gap of approx. 22mm before the next band on either side.The central decoration is a tall Islamic script bordered on either side with four thin, brown lines and a thick fifth line. The piece is stained and has holes. One side is selvedge.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1200

Publication Place Persia (made) Syria (made) Iran (made) -

Subject Archaeology Textiles Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 230mm, Width: 273mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.122-1921

Record ID T.122-1921

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1200

Notes A silk lampas, compound weave. Possibly Syria or Persia, ca. AD1200-1400. The piece has three bands of decoration in buff and brown with some light blue. The central band has leopards hunting deer and trees in the background. Some of the leaves are in light blue. On either side of this band are four thin, brown lines and a thick fifth line. There is a gap of approx. 22mm before the next band on either side.The central decoration is a tall Islamic script bordered on either side with four thin, brown lines and a thick fifth line. The piece is stained and has holes. One side is selvedge.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Compound woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama A silk lampas, compound weave. The piece has three bands of decoration in buff and brown with some light blue. The central band has leopards hunting deer and trees in the background. Some of the leaves are in light blue. On either side of this band are four thin, brown lines and a thick fifth line. There is a gap of approx. 22mm before the next band on either side.The central decoration is a tall Islamic script bordered on either side with four thin, brown lines and a thick fifth line. The piece is stained and has holes. One side is selvedge.