textile;
furnishing;
mantle;
cloak;
garment
- Museum number
- EA21543
- Description
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Fragment of plain weave, woollen cloth; decoration of parrallel multi-coloured stripes and bands (red, green, yellow, blue); one starting/finishing border, warp threads are grouped and twisted together to create a cord; a few mm near the cord is a yellow and red chain made of woollen threads; one selvedge is preserved, reinforced on 2 warp threads grouped by 2, for 1.8cm width the weft threads are groped by 3; other edges cut and ragged; possible part of a mantle or furnishing textile; warp-undyed, bleached, yellow, red and blue wool (S/9), weft-yellow, red, blue and green wool (S/12)
- Dimensions
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Height: 25 centimetres
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Width: 41 centimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- A
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA21543
- Registration number
- 1886,1009.471