Furnishing Fabric
1570 BC-1293 BC (made)
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| Place of origin |
Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, Thebes is a striking testimony to Egyptian civilisation at its height. This length of linen, originally in red, blue and brown with a fringe at one end, was discovered by Howard Carter (1874-1939) in a tomb in the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Western Thebes dating to the XVIII Dynasty.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Warp rep linen and wrapping |
| Brief description | Length of plain weave in red, blue and undyed linen with fringe |
| Physical description | One length of warp faced ribbed linen in original red, blue and 'natural' colour showing a simple geometric pattern, with a fringe at one end, made of bunches of warp thread wrapped with thread. Some small feathers were recorded as attached to the textile at the time of acquisition. The piece was woven on a loom either with two pattern rods and one shed rod, or three pattern rods. |
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| Credit line | Given by Howard Carter |
| Production | From a tomb in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Western Thebes, Egypt |
| Summary | Thebes, the city of the god Amon, was the capital of Egypt during the period of the Middle and New Kingdoms. With the temples and palaces at Karnak and Luxor, and the necropolises of the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens, Thebes is a striking testimony to Egyptian civilisation at its height. This length of linen, originally in red, blue and brown with a fringe at one end, was discovered by Howard Carter (1874-1939) in a tomb in the Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Western Thebes dating to the XVIII Dynasty. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.251-1921 |
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| Record created | July 26, 2005 |
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