Roundel
6th Century - 8th Century (made)
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Pendent roundel from a shoulder-band of linen embroidered with coloured silks. It represents the half-length figure of an angel holding a staff with a cross at the top in the left hand, and another object, partly effaced, in the right. The ground is green. There is a border of heart-shaped flowers and rosettes, and there are traces of a narrow stripe which connected the pendant with the shoulder-band. The roundel has been stitched to a linen tunic, a fragment of which remains.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plain woven linen with silk embroidery |
| Brief description | Roundel depicting an angel, linen embroidered with coloured silks, Egypt, 6th - 8th Century |
| Physical description | Fragment from a plain woven, undyed linen tunic, with a pendent roundel from a shoulder-band embroidered with coloured silks. It represents the half-length figure of an angel holding a staff with a cross at the top in the left hand, and another object, partly effaced, in the right. The ground is green. There is a border of heart-shaped flowers and rosettes, and there are traces of a narrow stripe which connected the pendant with the shoulder-band. The roundel has been stitched to the tunic, a fragment of which remains. |
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| Object history | V&A objects 813-1903 to 820-1903 inclusive purchased for £80 from Monsiuer L. Paul Philip, Cairo. |
| Production | Embroidery is relatively uncommon amongst Late Antique Egyptian textiles. It is possible that this piece was imported or embroidered by a non-Egyptian. |
| Summary | Pendent roundel from a shoulder-band of linen embroidered with coloured silks. It represents the half-length figure of an angel holding a staff with a cross at the top in the left hand, and another object, partly effaced, in the right. The ground is green. There is a border of heart-shaped flowers and rosettes, and there are traces of a narrow stripe which connected the pendant with the shoulder-band. The roundel has been stitched to a linen tunic, a fragment of which remains. |
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| Accession number | 816-1903 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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