Textile Band

E16815

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E16815
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Fayum
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Wool
Description

Warp: \/ wool; red.

Weft: \ wool; red.

Pattern: \\ linen; ud.

Technique: cloth brocaded, app to linen cloth with 3-1 drawloom bands and long linen loops.

Diagonal lattice of scattered petals and X's. Quatrefoil at the intersections interstitual concentric eight-point star.

Length 30 cm
Width 37 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895

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