Publication Place
Akhmim (made) -
Subject
Textiles Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Of panel length: 5in, Of panel width: 5in, Of band width: 2.5in
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
633-1886
Record ID
633-1886
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Linen tunic, with ornaments tapestry-woven in purple and yellow wool, and undyed linen thread. The shoulder-bands, which are short, reaching to the waist, have foliated circles enclosing alternately an animal or an interlacing ornament; the ends are each divided into three narrow bands, that in the middle filled with guilloche ornament, and the others with vine-stems and grapes. The neck-opening is bordered at back and front with a row of circles containing alternately an animal or an eight-pointed star with five dancing figures below an arcade. Foliations fill the arches and over them is a row of pointed compartments enclosing circular devices; in some of the spandrels is an animal or a bird. The square panels on the shoulders, and at both back and front near the lower edge, contain eight-pointed stars surrounded by borders of animals and birds in circles. The yellow wool is only used for details of the pattern. The 'eight-pointed stars' are perhaps superimposed crosses. At one end the arcade is incomplete; the last figure is smaller, and has an ornamental circle above it.
İlişki
Henry Wallis
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Linen Wool Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Linen tunic, with ornaments tapestry-woven in purple and yellow wool, and undyed linen thread. The shoulder-bands, which are short, reaching to the waist, have foliated circles enclosing alternately an animal or an interlacing ornament; the ends are each divided into three narrow bands, that in the middle filled with guilloche ornament, and the others with vine-stems and grapes. The neck-opening is bordered at back and front with a row of circles containing alternately an animal or an eight-pointed star with five dancing figures below an arcade. Foliations fill the arches and over them is a row of pointed compartments enclosing circular devices; in some of the spandrels is an animal or a bird. The square panels on the shoulders, and at both back and front near the lower edge, contain eight-pointed stars surrounded by borders of animals and birds in circles. The yellow wool is only used for details of the pattern. The 'eight-pointed stars' are perhaps superimposed crosses. At one end the arcade is incomplete; the last figure is smaller, and has an ornamental circle above it.
