Author
Unknown (maker)
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Akhmim (found) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 8in
(Dimension taken from registers), Width: 6in
(Dimension taken from registers)
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1280-1888
Record ID
1280-1888
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Square panel from a linen tunic, tapestry-woven in purple wool and undyed linen thread. Within a lobed circle a woman is seated dressing her hair; at her side is a circular mirror and a cylindrical perfume-box. Fishes in the spandrels. Border of rosettes and foliated devices.
İlişki
Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Plain woven linen and tapestry woven wool and linen Linen Wool Plain Weave Dyeing Tapestry Weave
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment, possibly from a tunic, in warp-faced plain woven undyed linen, decorated with a square tapestry woven panel in purple wool and undyed linen. The fragment has been backed onto a more modern tulle and linen fabric. At the centre of the panel is a medallion with a seated nude female dressing her hair, on a false hatched border. This is likely a depiction of Aphrodite/Venus at her toilet, wringing the water from her hair. At her side is a mirror and perfume box. This medallion lies within a rectangle with fishes in the spaundrels. Surrounding this is a pattern border with floral motifs forming V-shaped lozenges enclosing quatrefoils, and at each corner a roundel enclosing a flower. Details have been picked out in undyed linen thread. Plain weave: Linen warp (S-spun, 36/cm) Linen weft (S-spun, 20-24/cm) Tapestry weave: Linen warp (S-spun) Wool weft (Z-spun, c.60/cm) Linen weft (S-spun)
Üslup
Late Antique
