Textile Fragment
6th Century - 8th century (made)
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A fragment of woven linen cloth with a decorative strip of embroidery. Egypt, ca. AD600-800. The underlying linen is stained and with holes; undyed; plain weave; thread dia. approx. 1mm; 15x15 tpc; s-spun. The decorative strip, near the base of the fragment, is a piece of rougher linen, embroidered with long stitiches and colourful silk threads (yellow, light blue, dark blue and red) in a floral design (lotus?). It is attached, on the underside, to another piece of finer, glazed linen, possibly with a silk warp. The lower section of the underlying linen is less faded than above the decoration, suggesting it was covered by the finer linen which has since been cut away. A thin strip of the finer linen can also be seen above the decorative strip. Similar to 125-1891.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plain woven linen with silk embroidery |
| Brief description | Fragment of a tunic, linen embroidered with coloured silks, Egypt, 6th Century - 8th Century |
| Physical description | A fragment of a plain woven, undyed linen cloth, possibly a tunic, with a decorative strip of embroidery. The underlying linen is stained and with holes; thread dia. approx. 1mm; 15x15 tpc; s-spun. The decorative strip, near the base of the fragment, is a piece of rougher linen, embroidered with long stitiches and colourful silk threads (yellow, light blue, dark blue and red) in a floral design. It is attached, on the underside, to another piece of finer, glazed linen, possibly with a silk warp. The lower section of the underlying linen is less faded than above the decoration, suggesting it was covered by the finer linen which has since been cut away. A thin strip of the finer linen can also be seen above the decorative strip. |
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| Object history | Objecys 118-1891 to 136-1891 purchased together for £44 9s 10d from Henry Wallis. |
| Production | Embroidery is relatively uncommon amongst Late Antique Egyptian textiles. It is possible that this piece was imported or embroidered by a non-Egyptian. 124-1891, 125-1891 and 126-1891 all possibly come from the same tunic. |
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| Summary | A fragment of woven linen cloth with a decorative strip of embroidery. Egypt, ca. AD600-800. The underlying linen is stained and with holes; undyed; plain weave; thread dia. approx. 1mm; 15x15 tpc; s-spun. The decorative strip, near the base of the fragment, is a piece of rougher linen, embroidered with long stitiches and colourful silk threads (yellow, light blue, dark blue and red) in a floral design (lotus?). It is attached, on the underside, to another piece of finer, glazed linen, possibly with a silk warp. The lower section of the underlying linen is less faded than above the decoration, suggesting it was covered by the finer linen which has since been cut away. A thin strip of the finer linen can also be seen above the decorative strip. Similar to 125-1891. |
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| Accession number | 126-1891 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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