Textile Fragment
4th Century - 7th Century (made)
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Fragment of a cloth, woven in dark brown and buff-coloured wool. Small diaper pattern of octagons enclosing chequered lozenges. Small squares in the intervening spaces.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Weft-faced compound tabby in wool |
| Brief description | Fragment of a woolen cushion or cover, weft-faced compound tabby (taquété), Egypt, 4th Century - 7th Century |
| Physical description | Fragment of a textile, possibly a cushion, woven in taquété technique (weft-faced compound tabby) in dark brown and buff-coloured wool. The pattern consists of a diaper of small octagons enclosing chequered lozenges, with squares in the intervening spaces. |
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| Gallery label | WOOLLENS, 4th - 7th century.
Weft-faced compound tabby. Warp proportion: 2 main, 1 binding. Weft of 2 colours, 1 pick of each in turn. Wool \ spun. All the pieces were found in Egypt, the largest at Akhmim, the 2 smallest at Antinoe and the others at unrecorded sites. |
| Credit line | Given by the Rev. Greville J. Chester |
| Association | |
| Summary | Fragment of a cloth, woven in dark brown and buff-coloured wool. Small diaper pattern of octagons enclosing chequered lozenges. Small squares in the intervening spaces. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 305-1891 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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