Textile Fragment
1st century - 5th century (made)
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This shaggy yellow fragment was originally part of a mantle worn in Egypt during the early part of the first millennium AD. Mantles and other garments were frequently given extra warmth by means of the addition of twisted, looped or knotted weft threads, and occasionally garments had weft loops on the inside.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plain woven wool with supplementary twisted weft pile |
| Brief description | Fragment of a mantle, wool with twisted pile, Egypt, 1st Century-5th Century |
| Physical description | Fragment of a yellow mantle (pallium): weft-faced plain weave in yellow wool, warp and weft S-spun with pile of supplementary twisted wefts in rows. The yellow wool was probably dyed with weld. |
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| Gallery label | Mantle fragment
200-500 AD
Egypt
This mantle (pallium) was designed for warmth with the addition of an extra layer using twisted, looped and knotted threads. The exterior pile also acted as a protective layer from rain. Occasionaly mantles also had looped weft threads on the inside.
Wool with twisted pile
Museum No. T.183-1976(2010) |
| Credit line | Given by University College London |
| Object history | Once part of the Petrie collection. |
| Historical context | Mantles and other garments were frequently given extra warmth by means of the addition of twisted, looped or knotted weft threads, and occasionally garments had weft loops on the inside. |
| Production | Probably from Hawara |
| Summary | This shaggy yellow fragment was originally part of a mantle worn in Egypt during the early part of the first millennium AD. Mantles and other garments were frequently given extra warmth by means of the addition of twisted, looped or knotted weft threads, and occasionally garments had weft loops on the inside. |
| Bibliographic reference | Walker, Susan & Bierbrier, Morris, Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt (London: The British Museum Press, 1997), cat. no. 233 |
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| Accession number | T.183-1976 |
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| Record created | August 3, 2005 |
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