Textile Fragment
4th Century - 6th Century (made)
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Fragment of plain woven undyed linen, with a tapestry woven band in purple wool. The centre of the tapestry band is formed of lamella gold thread wound on undyed linen thread. The warp of the ground weave is collected (ten to one) for the tapestry warp. There is a selvedge on the left side of the ground weave.
Ground weave:
Linen warp (S-spun, 64-68/cm)
Linen weft (S-spun, 28-32/cm)
Tapestry weave:
Linen warp (S-spun)
Wool weft (Z-spun)
Gold-thread with linen core (Z-spun)
Ground weave:
Linen warp (S-spun, 64-68/cm)
Linen weft (S-spun, 28-32/cm)
Tapestry weave:
Linen warp (S-spun)
Wool weft (Z-spun)
Gold-thread with linen core (Z-spun)
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Plain woven linen, tapestry woven wool with gold thread wound on linen |
| Brief description | Fragment from a tunic, plain woven linen and tapestry woven wool with gold thread wound on Linen, Egypt, 4th Century - 6th Century |
| Physical description | Fragment of plain woven undyed linen, with a tapestry woven band in purple wool. The centre of the tapestry band is formed of lamella gold thread wound on undyed linen thread. The warp of the ground weave is collected (ten to one) for the tapestry warp. There is a selvedge on the left side of the ground weave. Ground weave: Linen warp (S-spun, 64-68/cm) Linen weft (S-spun, 28-32/cm) Tapestry weave: Linen warp (S-spun) Wool weft (Z-spun) Gold-thread with linen core (Z-spun) |
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| Credit line | Given by University College of London |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.537A-1974 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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