Part of a tapestry clavus

Details

• Title

  Part of a tapestry clavus

• Associated place

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

• Date

  4th - 6th century

• Material and technique

  tabby and tapestry

• Object type

  textile

• Dimensions

  17 x 6 cm (length x width)
  base fabric, along width 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
  additional fabric, along width 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
  base fabric, along length 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
  base fabric, along length/width 10 / 28 threads/cm (thread count)
  additional fabric, along length 0.04 cm (thread diameter)
  additional fabric, along length/width 10 / 46 threads/cm (thread count)

  more

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Reverend G.J. Chester, 1887.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1887.2971

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