Textile Fragment
6th Century - 7th Century (made)
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A strip of compound woven silk. Egyptian; Qau-el-Kabir, ca. AD300-600. The decoration is in blue, pink and green on a cream background. Pyramid outlines are formed with lines of blue scrolling waves. In between these are trees and beneath these are pyramids in pink with green squares and four green swastikas around them. Below this strip is a line of geometric shapes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Weft-faced compound twill |
| Brief description | Fragment from a textile, weft faced compound twill silk, Egypt, Antaeopolis / Qau-el-Kabir, possibly 6th-7th Century |
| Physical description | A strip of weft-faced compoud twill silk, likely from the trimming of a tunic. The decoration is in blue, pink and green on a cream background, and consists of chevrons edged with blue wave scrolls and alternating floral and geometric (red, blue and green swastika) motifs. Below this is a narrower band of alternating green and white squares and diamonds on a red ground. |
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| Gallery label | SILKS - 4th-7th century.
1\2 weft-faced compound twill. Warp / silk, proportion 1 main to 1 binding. Weft of silk in 2-4 colours, 1 pick of each in turn. This was found at Qau-el-Kebir near Asyut. |
| Credit line | Given by the British School of Archaeology in Egypt |
| Object history | Found at Qau el-Kebir / Antaeopolis, 1922 excavation season. Fragments of the same border, excavated at the same time, were given to the Fitzwilliam Museum and Whitworth Museum; the Whitworth fragment preserves parts of the woolen tunic which this silk band trimmed (for discussion of the group see reference field below). |
| Production | Found at Qau el-Kebir / Antaeopolis, near Asyut, but may have been imported from elsewhere. |
| Summary | A strip of compound woven silk. Egyptian; Qau-el-Kabir, ca. AD300-600. The decoration is in blue, pink and green on a cream background. Pyramid outlines are formed with lines of blue scrolling waves. In between these are trees and beneath these are pyramids in pink with green squares and four green swastikas around them. Below this strip is a line of geometric shapes. |
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| Accession number | T.231-1923 |
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| Record created | January 22, 2009 |
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