Photograph of Leather Decoration

Item Overview

Title

Photograph of Leather Decoration

Creator

Veldmeijer, A. J.

Photographer

Endenburg, Erno

Collection

UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE)

Notes

Description

Horizontal
2 cm x 1 cm
Technique is “Multicolor Appliqué”
Article: Leatherworking

Caption

Figure 8. A technique of leather-decoration, favored in chariot leather: strips of colored leather sewn together in partial overlap, the top ones slightly narrower. Amarna, 18th Dynasty. Scale bar in mm.

Physical Description

Medium

Leather

Keywords

Genre

Unspecified Religious and Cult Object

Material Culture, Art and Architecture
Leatherworking
Animal materials
Technology

Subject Geographic

el-Amarna

Resource type

still image