Ornamental band

Details

• Title

  Ornamental band

• Associated place

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

• Date

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

• Material and technique

  tabby and weft-faced compound twill

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  24.5 x 3 cm (length x width)
  base fabric, along width 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
  additional fabric, along width 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
  base fabric, along length 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
  base fabric, along length/width 50 / 18 threads/cm (thread count)
  additional fabric, along length 0.02 cm (thread diameter)
  additional fabric, along length/width 30 / 66 threads/cm (thread count)

  more

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Reverend Greville John Chester, 1891.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1891.531

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