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Woven Wool

4th century (made)

Fragments of a cloth, woven in red and buff-coloured wool. Diaper pattern of octagons, enclosing running animals and plant devices, repeated in horizontal rows; quatrefoil designs fill the intervening spaces. One of the animals is a lion and another appears to be a dog, but the stuff is dilapidated and the animals cannot all be recognised.

Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Woven wool
Materials and techniques
Wool
Weaving
Brief description
300-699, Egyptian; Compound tabby, animals floral shapes in octagons
Physical description
Fragments of a cloth, woven in red and buff-coloured wool. Diaper pattern of octagons, enclosing running animals and plant devices, repeated in horizontal rows; quatrefoil designs fill the intervening spaces. One of the animals is a lion and another appears to be a dog, but the stuff is dilapidated and the animals cannot all be recognised.
Dimensions
  • Length: 7in
  • Width: 6in
Style
Late Antique
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 Robert Taylor Esq., in 1900
Summary
Fragments of a cloth, woven in red and buff-coloured wool. Diaper pattern of octagons, enclosing running animals and plant devices, repeated in horizontal rows; quatrefoil designs fill the intervening spaces. One of the animals is a lion and another appears to be a dog, but the stuff is dilapidated and the animals cannot all be recognised.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
2187-1900

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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