Textile Fragment
4th Century - 6th Century (made)
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Fragment from a plain woven, undyed linen cloth, possibly a tunic or a hanging, decorated with a tapestry woven band in purple, red and green wools and undyed linen. The band depicts alternating human dancers and animal figures (an antelope and lion respectively). The figures are largely in purple, with the castanets and other objects held by the dancers in red and green wool, and details picked out in undyed linen thread. The band is edged with a scalloped border. At both sides the fragment preserves long looped pile.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plain woven linen with looped pile, tapestry woven linen and wool. |
| Brief description | Fragment of a tunic or hanging, linen with tapestry woven decoration and looped pile, Egypt, possibly Akhmim, possibly 4th-6th Century |
| Physical description | Fragment from a plain woven, undyed linen cloth, possibly a tunic or a hanging, decorated with a tapestry woven band in purple, red and green wools and undyed linen. The band depicts alternating human dancers and animal figures (an antelope and lion respectively). The figures are largely in purple, with the castanets and other objects held by the dancers in red and green wool, and details picked out in undyed linen thread. The band is edged with a scalloped border. At both sides the fragment preserves long looped pile. |
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| Object history | 631-1886 to 922-1886 inclusive purchased for £300 from Henry Wallis. |
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| Bibliographic reference | A.F. Kendrick, Catalogue of textiles from burying grounds in Egypt. Vol. I: Greco-Roman period (London, 1920): 76 No. 103. |
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| Accession number | 783-1886 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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