Sleeve Band
8th century (made), 4th/5th century (made)
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These tapestry-woven bands probably originally decorated the sleeve of a tunic. Garments and cloths in a relatively complete state are scarce from early periods. Most examples of this type of textile in museum collections are the decorative parts only, and we have to conjecture what type of garment or cloth the fragments might have belonged to.
These double bands are tapestry-woven in purple wool and undyed linen thread on a linen ground. The design of the bands features running animals including hares and lions in curvilinear compartments. Some of the animals' tongues are made in red wool.
These double bands are tapestry-woven in purple wool and undyed linen thread on a linen ground. The design of the bands features running animals including hares and lions in curvilinear compartments. Some of the animals' tongues are made in red wool.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tapestry woven wool and linen and plain woven linen |
| Brief description | Tapestry woven sleeve band showing animals. |
| Physical description | Tapestry-woven double band, possibly a sleeve band from a tunic. It contains two bands of tapestry-woven purple wool running animals including hares and lions in curvilinear compartments, with detail in red wool. Technical analysis: Plain or tabby woven linen with two tapestry-woven bands, in wool and linen. Ground: warp in undyed linen, S-twist. Thread count approximately 24 per cm. Weft in undyed linen, S-twist. Thread count approximately 12 per cm. Bands: tapestry-woven bands, slit and dovetailed tapestry in wool on undyed linen warps in groups of two and three (not plied). Weft material undyed linen and wool in brown with a few details in red. Range of 22-8 ribs per cm. Additional details in undyed linen in brocading with flying shuttle. At each end of tapestry band areas of bare warp threads have been left. |
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| Object history | 242-1887 to 297-1887 inclusive purchased for 9s 6d from Reverend Greville Chester. |
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| Summary | These tapestry-woven bands probably originally decorated the sleeve of a tunic. Garments and cloths in a relatively complete state are scarce from early periods. Most examples of this type of textile in museum collections are the decorative parts only, and we have to conjecture what type of garment or cloth the fragments might have belonged to. These double bands are tapestry-woven in purple wool and undyed linen thread on a linen ground. The design of the bands features running animals including hares and lions in curvilinear compartments. Some of the animals' tongues are made in red wool. |
| Bibliographic reference | Contadini, Anna, Fatimid Art at the Victoria & Albert Museum. London: V&A Publications, 1998. p.59, plate 11. |
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| Accession number | 253-1887 |
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| Record created | March 20, 2003 |
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