Piece of a draw-loom silk

Details

• Title

  Piece of a draw-loom silk

• Associated place

  Africa › Egypt › Sawhāj › Akhmim (find spot)

• Date

  possibly 6th - 7th century AD (AD 501 - 700)

• Material and technique

  woven silk

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  18 x 7 cm (length x width)
  base fabric, along width 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
  base fabric, along length 0.02 cm (thread diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Reverend G.J. Chester, 1887.

• Museum location

  First floor | Gallery 30 | Mediterranean World

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1887.2974

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