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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1250
Publication Place	Egypt (made) -
Subject	Africa Archaeology Textiles Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Piece 1 height: 210mm, Piece 1 width: 200mm, Piece 2 height: 80mm, Piece 2 width: 33mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1100-1904
Record ID	1100-1904
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1250
Notes	Two pieces of double woven silk. Egypt, Mamluk, ca. AD1250-1500. One layer is dark blue and the other buff. The design is of fleur-de-lis across the fabric with zig-zagged lines joining some of them at their base. The smaller piece has stitch holes down the middle and the larger piece has stitch holes along one side. The fabric is torn and stained.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Two pieces of double woven silk. One layer is dark blue and the other buff. The design is of fleur-de-lis across the fabric with zig-zagged lines joining some of them at their base. The smaller piece has stitch holes down the middle and the larger piece has stitch holes along one side. The fabric is torn and stained.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1250

Publication Place Egypt (made) -

Subject Africa Archaeology Textiles Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Piece 1 height: 210mm, Piece 1 width: 200mm, Piece 2 height: 80mm, Piece 2 width: 33mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1100-1904

Record ID 1100-1904

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1250

Notes Two pieces of double woven silk. Egypt, Mamluk, ca. AD1250-1500. One layer is dark blue and the other buff. The design is of fleur-de-lis across the fabric with zig-zagged lines joining some of them at their base. The smaller piece has stitch holes down the middle and the larger piece has stitch holes along one side. The fabric is torn and stained.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Two pieces of double woven silk. One layer is dark blue and the other buff. The design is of fleur-de-lis across the fabric with zig-zagged lines joining some of them at their base. The smaller piece has stitch holes down the middle and the larger piece has stitch holes along one side. The fabric is torn and stained.