Textile Fragment
1250-1517 (made)
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Fragment of a plain woven, undyed linen textile, possibly from a child's tunic, with decoration in dark brown silk counted-thread embroidery. The embroidery consists of an evenly-spaced series of rows of small birds across the textile, in pattern darning, with the birds changing direction each row.
The edge of the fabric was hemmed after being embroidered, with a linen whip stitch. Along the edge of the textile are two embroidered lines.
The fabric is stained across the surface, and most of the embroidered elements have degraded away, leaving holes across the fabric.
Thread count: 21/20 (Z/Z)
The edge of the fabric was hemmed after being embroidered, with a linen whip stitch. Along the edge of the textile are two embroidered lines.
The fabric is stained across the surface, and most of the embroidered elements have degraded away, leaving holes across the fabric.
Thread count: 21/20 (Z/Z)
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plain woven linen with silk embroidery |
| Brief description | Fragment of a tunic, linen embroidered with silk, Egypt, Mamluk period |
| Physical description | Fragment of a plain woven, undyed linen textile, possibly from a child's tunic, with decoration in dark brown silk counted-thread embroidery. The embroidery consists of an evenly-spaced series of rows of small birds across the textile, in pattern darning, with the birds changing direction each row. The edge of the fabric was hemmed after being embroidered, with a linen whip stitch. Along the edge of the textile are two embroidered lines. The fabric is stained across the surface, and most of the embroidered elements have degraded away, leaving holes across the fabric. Thread count: 21/20 (Z/Z) |
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| Credit line | Given by the Rev. Greville J. Chester |
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| Accession number | 1655-1888 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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