Textile Fragment
4th Century - 6th Century (made)
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Fragment of a linen cloth, faced with loops; with woven ornament in purple woollen loops. Portions of a wavy band and of two angular ornaments.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plain woven linen with looped linen and wool pile |
| Brief description | Fragment of a hanging or cover, plain woven linen with looped linen and wool weft pile, Akhmim, Egypt, 4th Century – 6th Century |
| Physical description | Fragment of a plain woven undyed linen cloth, possibly a hanging or cover. Selfbands run at regular intervals through the ground fabric. Additional decoration has been created with looped pile, formed from picks of dyed woolen weft. The pile decoration consists of geometric ornamentation - a wavy band, possible a stylised vine and berries, and portions of two angular geometric ornaments. Both are in purple dyed wool, with the intervening spaces filled by longer undyed linen looped pile. |
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| Object history | 631-1886 to 922-1886 inclusive purchased for £300 from Henry Wallis. |
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| Summary | Fragment of a linen cloth, faced with loops; with woven ornament in purple woollen loops. Portions of a wavy band and of two angular ornaments. |
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| Accession number | 835-1886 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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