Woven Wool
4th century (made)
Fragment of a cloth, woven in coloured wools. Small diaper pattern of octgons enclosing chequered lozenges, with small squares in the intervening spaces, in orange-colour on white. Below, a close pattern of octagons, enclosing ornamental devices in red and white on a deep purple ground.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | 300-699, Egyptian; Compound tabby, geometric shapes |
| Physical description | Fragment of a cloth, woven in coloured wools. Small diaper pattern of octgons enclosing chequered lozenges, with small squares in the intervening spaces, in orange-colour on white. Below, a close pattern of octagons, enclosing ornamental devices in red and white on a deep purple ground. |
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| Style | |
| Gallery label | WOOLLENS, 4th-7th century AD.
West-faced compound tabby. Warp proportion: 1 main, 1 binding end.
Weft of 2-3 colours, 1 pick of each in turn. Wool spun S, except for red and light green picks in chequered piece, which are Z. This piece was found in Akhmîm, the smallest piece at Qau-el-Kebir, near Asyut, and the rest at unrecorded sites in Egypt. |
| Credit line | Given by the Rev. Greville J. Chester in 1891 |
| Association | |
| Summary | Fragment of a cloth, woven in coloured wools. Small diaper pattern of octgons enclosing chequered lozenges, with small squares in the intervening spaces, in orange-colour on white. Below, a close pattern of octagons, enclosing ornamental devices in red and white on a deep purple ground. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 306-1891 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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