Yazar
Unknown (maker)
Basım Tarihi
500
Basım Yeri
Egypt (made) Qau el-Kebir (found) -
Konu
Textiles Africa
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
T.108-1924
Kayıt Numarası
T.108-1924
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
500
Notlar
Fragment from a furnishing, possibly an altar frontal, Egypt, Antaeopolis / Qau el-Kebir, 6th-8th Century
İlişki
William Flinders Petrie
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Tapestry woven linen and wool Linen Wool Tapestry Weave
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment from a plain woven linen fabric, with tapestry-woven decoration in the form of a bejwelled cross. The body of the cross is in yellow wool imitating gold, with inset square jewels in red and green alternating with red medallions showing birds and, in the case of the centre medallion, an eight pointed star. All of the jewels have been outlined in white wool. There are internal selvedges preserved on either side of the top arm of the cross, suggesting the cross was woven separately to the main cross. The selvedge openings have been stitched together with red wool.
Üslup
Late Antique