Piece of a draw-loom silk

Details

• Title

  Piece of a draw-loom silk

• Associated place

  Africa › Egypt (no further provenance) (find spot)

• Date

  Byzantine Period (Egypt) (AD 395 - 641)

• Material and technique

  woven silk

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  11.5 x 7.5 cm (length x width)
  base fabric, along width 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
  base fabric, along length 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
  12 x 8 cm (length x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Reverend G.J. Chester, 1887.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 30 | Mediterranean World

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1887.2964

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