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Textile Fragment

15th Century - 16th Century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of plain woven, undyed linen, possibly a girdle, with decoration at each end consisting of rows of block printed geometric ornament in dark blue.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Plain woven linen, block printing
Brief description
Fragment of block printed linen. Egypt, possibly 15th-16th Century.
Physical description
Fragment of plain woven, undyed linen, possibly a girdle, with decoration at each end consisting of rows of block printed geometric ornament in dark blue.
Dimensions
  • Length: 53in
  • Width: 4in
Gallery label
(Before 2000)
Linen cloths, from burial grounds in Egypt, printed from wood-blocks. This type was current in the Neat East in the 15th and early 16th Century; it imitated contemporary needlework.

T.809-1919
T.69-1925
Credit line
Given by Ms Fannie Thomas
Object history
The accession registers for this piece list it as originally coming from Gayet's exavations of 1898-9, which were displayed in Paris in 1900.
Collection
Accession number
T.69-1925

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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