Textile Roundels
ca. AD500-700 (made)
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Two roundels of woven silk. Egyptian ca. AD500-700. Probably from the same tunic as 818-1903. The decoration at the top is of two squat birds looking inwards, over their shoulders at a central floral icon. The bottom half is of two larger birds (storks?) looking outwards. Between them is a tree. All on a red background. Other colours are white, blue, green and yellow. Compound twill on a yellow/orange warp. The birds are surrounded by two borders of floral icons. The inner border is red, white, yellow and blue on a blue background. The outer border is of white icons on a red background. Both roundels have been attached to a backing of undyed, compound weaved linen. The linen and roundels are stained. Both 819 and 819A have a tear across the centre and have holes.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk and linen |
| Brief description | Two roundels of woven silk. Egyptian, ca. AD500-700. Animals and foliage on a red background. |
| Physical description | Two roundels of woven silk. Probably from the same tunic as 818-1903. The decoration at the top is of two squat birds looking inwards, over their shoulders at a central floral icon. The bottom half is of two larger birds (storks?) looking outwards. Between them is a tree. All on a red background. Other colours are white, blue, green and yellow. Compound twill on a yellow/orange warp. The birds are surrounded by two borders of floral icons. The inner border is red, white, yellow and blue on a blue background. The outer border is of white icons on a red background. Both roundels have been attached to a backing of undyed, compound weaved linen. The linen and roundels are stained. Both 819 and 819A have a tear across the centre and have holes. |
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| Gallery label | SILKS, 7th-9th century. 1\2 weft-faced compound twill. Warp of /silk, proportion 1 main to 1 binding. Weft of silk in 4-5 colours, 1 pick of each in turn. Woven for use as dress-trimmings. The set of matching shoulder bands and roundels are applied to weft pile cloth of \ linen. The small roundel with the Christian orant (praying figure) and the fragmentary sleeve bands on the right were given by Mr. Robert Taylor. All the pieces are from unrecorded sites in Egypt. |
| Object history | V&A objects 813-1903 to 820-1903 inclusive purchased for £80 from Monsiuer L. Paul Philip, Cairo. |
| Summary | Two roundels of woven silk. Egyptian ca. AD500-700. Probably from the same tunic as 818-1903. The decoration at the top is of two squat birds looking inwards, over their shoulders at a central floral icon. The bottom half is of two larger birds (storks?) looking outwards. Between them is a tree. All on a red background. Other colours are white, blue, green and yellow. Compound twill on a yellow/orange warp. The birds are surrounded by two borders of floral icons. The inner border is red, white, yellow and blue on a blue background. The outer border is of white icons on a red background. Both roundels have been attached to a backing of undyed, compound weaved linen. The linen and roundels are stained. Both 819 and 819A have a tear across the centre and have holes. |
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| Accession number | 819-1903 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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