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 | Each of these textiles are held at the Victoria & Albert Museum Textile Study Room. The Museum has identified these textiles to be 5th-7th C Persian. Most files are labeled with the museum's catalog number for reference. I will be updating this page with notes as time allows, so check back often.
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This pendent is tapestry woven in linen and wool. The Warp is "one plied" undyed linen. The wefts are undyed linen and wool in rose, dark blue, light blue, yellow,orange and dark brown. The pendent is attached to yellow woolen cloth. The museum documentation states that it is 6th or 7th C "probably" Persian. This piece was also found at Akhmim, Upper Egypt.
As you can see from the larger image, which can be viewed by clicking on the thumbnail, this piece was woven on it's side.
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This piece is labeled as "part of a shoulder band". It is identified as 5th or 6th C Asia Minor or Norh Persian. It is tapestry woven, the stems are done in sumac (according to the museum documentation). The warp is a plied, undyed linen. The wefts include undyed linen and wool in dark blue-green, tan and faded rose.
This piece is woven with the warps straight up and down as it is viewed here. As it is difficult to tell which way the design was intended to be placed, you can't tell if it was "woven on it's side".
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These pices are labeled as "part of a cuff". The top band was identified as 5th C "probably" Mesopotamian. The warp is a tan linen. the weft threads are tan linen, red wool, yellow wool, blue wool and green wool. This piece is woven on two linen warps in linen cloth.
The lower band is identified as 5th C "probably" North Persian. The warp in undyed linen. The weft threads are undyed linen, and wool in dark blue, blue green, tan orange, red and yellow. This band is applied to the linen cloth.
Both bands are said to be from the same tunic as 297 & 298-1897
The blue piece is woven sideways, whereas the pink piece is along the warp. This shows that both methods were used as early as the 5th Century.
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This piece is merely labeled as a band, with no indication what it might have been used for or where on a garment it might have been attached. The museum documentation identified the weave as "woollen cloth tape brocaded with plied linen". The wapr is blue and grey wool. The weft is wool in blue and dark grey. The brocade threads are undyed linen.
The piece was excavated from Akmim, Upper Egypt. It is identified 6th or 7th C Asia Minor or North Persian.
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This partial roundel is tapestry woven using one plied linen warp. The tapestry is woven in linen and wool. The warp is brown linen. The wefts are wool in dark-blue-grey, red, yellow, green, pink-tan, dark blue, undyed and tan. The roundel is labeled as "probably" Persian, 6th or 7th C. It was found at Qarara, near El Hibeth, Middle Egypt.
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To the far right is a band identified as "woollen cloth tape brocade". The warp is grey wool, the wefts are purple wool. The brocade is three ply undyed linen.
The main piece is "woollen cloth tape brocaded with wool sewn" to the far right band. The warp is grey blue wool. The wefts are grey wool. The brocade is olive and brown wool. The bands are identified as "Asia Minor of North Persian; 6th or 7th C". These were also excavated from Akhmim, Upper Egypt.
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This band is identified as 6th or 7th Century tapestry. The tapestry is woven using sumac for the outlines. The weaving is done on on plied tan linen warp. The wefts are undyed linen and wool in purple, dark green, red, tan, blue, blue-green and yellow.
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