Textile Fragment
4th Century - 6th Century (made)
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Fragment of a plain woven undyed linen cloth, possibly a hanging. Selfbands run at regular intervals through the ground fabric (a band of three weft threads every four picks). Additional decoration has been created with looped pile formed by supplementary wool wefts.
The pile decoration depicts a nude putto figure, with skin shaded and highlighted in several shades of pale pink wool, with a green and yellow necklace and streamers. The eyes have been picked out in white and black wool, the mouth in darker red, and the hair in light brown. He is looking back over his shoulder, holding a piece of fruit in his raised hand, and a bunch of flowers or plants in the other.
The pile decoration depicts a nude putto figure, with skin shaded and highlighted in several shades of pale pink wool, with a green and yellow necklace and streamers. The eyes have been picked out in white and black wool, the mouth in darker red, and the hair in light brown. He is looking back over his shoulder, holding a piece of fruit in his raised hand, and a bunch of flowers or plants in the other.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plain woven linen with looped wool pile |
| Brief description | Fragment of a hanging, plain woven linen with looped wool weft pile, Egypt, 4th Century - 6th Century |
| Physical description | Fragment of a plain woven undyed linen cloth, possibly a hanging. Selfbands run at regular intervals through the ground fabric (a band of three weft threads every four picks). Additional decoration has been created with looped pile formed by supplementary wool wefts. The pile decoration depicts a nude putto figure, with skin shaded and highlighted in several shades of pale pink wool, with a green and yellow necklace and streamers. The eyes have been picked out in white and black wool, the mouth in darker red, and the hair in light brown. He is looking back over his shoulder, holding a piece of fruit in his raised hand, and a bunch of flowers or plants in the other. |
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| Object history | Possibly part of the same hanging as 286-1891. Objects 307-1891 to 312-1891 purchased together for £5 from Monsieur Tano. |
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| Accession number | 307-1891 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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