Textile Fragment
4th century (made)
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Fragment from a compound woven textile, in red, blue and undyed Z-spun wool (red and blue wefts, undyed warp), with a geometric pattern of alternating red and blue panels. Because of the compound woven technique, the colour pattern is reversed on each side.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Taquété (weft-faced compound tabby) weaving in wool |
| Brief description | Fragment from a textile, possibly a furnishing fabric, taquété (weft-faced compound tabby), Egypt, Qau el-Kebir / Badari, possibly 4th century |
| Physical description | Fragment from a compound woven textile, in red, blue and undyed Z-spun wool (red and blue wefts, undyed warp), with a geometric pattern of alternating red and blue panels. Because of the compound woven technique, the colour pattern is reversed on each side. |
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| Gallery label | WOOLLENS, 4th-7th century AD.
Weft-faced compound tabby. Warp proportion: 1 main, 1 binding end.
Weft of 2-3 colours, 1 pick of each in turn. Wool spun S, except for red and light green picks in chequered piece, which are Z. |
| Credit line | Given by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt |
| Object history | Found at Qau el-Kebir, 1922-1923 excavation season. |
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| Bibliographic reference | G.M. Crowfoot and J. Griffiths, 'Coptic Textiles in Two-Faced Weave with Pattern in Reverse', The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 25.1 (1939): 40-47 |
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| Accession number | T.239-1923 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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