A brush seal assembly for a turbine engine

A brush seal 10 with a bristle housing 19 formed from a cover element 22 and a support element 23. Positioned in the bristle housing 19 there are a plurality of bristles 16 that are wound around a core element 17 and are fixed to the core element 17 by way of a clamping element 18. The support element 23 and/or the cover element 22 of the bristle housing 19 is/are produced from a plastics material, via an injection moulding operation. The core element 17 may also be made from a plastics material. The support element 23 and the cover element 22 may be combined in an integrally produced component.