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Early Figured Silks.-The Effect of the Use of the Scale Harness on Early Islamic Silks
03/1936 | 396 | 68
Pages: 145-147
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Author:
Flanagan, J. F. (Flanagan, J. F.)
Subjects
dates:
0600-0699
places:
Egypt / Alexandria
subjects:
Islamic / Egyptian / Silk stuffs / Textiles
subjects:
Garments / Clavi / Techniques / Scale-harness (Silk weaving technique)
subjects:
Alexandrian
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Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A, B-The Middle and Lowest Roundels in Their Present Condition. Two Early Figured Silks ("Clavi"), from Egypt. A-Woven without the Use of a Scale-Harness; B-Woven with the Use of a Scale-Harness. (Victoria and Albert Museum). Shorter Notices: Early Figured Silks