Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 13.5in, Width: 8in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.33-1917
Record ID
T.33-1917
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
End of a linen scarf with a woven looped surface in linen and wool. The latter is in red, green, blue and yellow., Two arches, under each of which is a gourd plant. It has a border at the top formed by repetitions of the looped cross (ankh) and a wavy band with dots round the other three sides.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven linen with looped wool and linen pile Linen Wool Plain Weave Looped Pile
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment of a plain woven undyed linen cloth, possibly from a hanging or cover. Selfbands run at regular intervals through the ground fabric. Additional decoration has been created with looped pile, formed from picks of dyed woolen weft woven into the ground fabric. The ground fabric surrounding the wool pile decoration is covered with loops of undyed linen.
Üslup
Egyptian Late Antique
