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shawl fragment
mid - late 18th Century
A fragment consisting of part of the border of a red shawl. The fabric is twill woven. The design consists of a repeating series of large buta motifs. The predominant colours are reds but there are...
mummy cloth
c. 2500 BCE
Fragment of coarse plain woven cloth. Light brown colour with darker brown stripes formed by double weft threads which are not at standard intervals. Very creased. This is a wrapping from the mumm...
cloth fragment
c. 4400 BCE
Cloth fragment from mastaba (tomb) 2050 at Tarkhan, excavated by Petrie. Plain woven with one edge turned under and slip stitched with a single linen thread, into position. The turning appears to be ...
cap
1250-1517
A round cap composed of five separate layers decoratively stitched. The cap is quilted with similar cut and construction of the internal and external fabric layers. The quilting (back stitch) is sup...
mummy cloth
c. 2500 BCE
Fragment of cream coloured, fine, plain woven cloth. This is a wrapping from the mummy of Nekht-Ankh. The tomb of Khnum-Nakht and Nekht-Ankh in Der Rifeh, was excavated in 1907. Inscriptions in th...
velvet fragment
before 1700
Italian velvet with cut and uncut pile. The background is ecru and the velvet pattern is of stylized leaves.
fragment
before 1700
This sample has an asymmetrical pattern of stylized leaves and buttonhole shapes, reminiscent of the slashed fabrics of the period. A very worn fabric, which originally had a velvet pile on the leaf s...
velvet fragment
before 1700
The background textile is silk and silver plate. The pattern is formed from cut and uncut velvet.
fragment
before 1800
A brocatelle with linen and silk weft and warp facing red silk. A satin and twill weave form the large pattern of folliage.