Appliquéd tabula with a putto

Inventory number: FT 68
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

A nude putto, with what seems to be a sort of scarf around his neck, is set against an orange-red background. He is walking to the left and holds an oblong-shaped object (conch?) in his right hand and a filled basket in his left hand. In each corner, green plant stems and a red flower on an ecru background.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

6th - 8th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

1) Warp: 16 cm, weft, 12.5 cm;
2) Warp: 12 cm, weft: 9.5 cm; Tabula: Warp: 7 cm, weft: 7 cm

Comparisons:

Pushkin Museum, inv. KT 485.

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Linen and woollen tapestry sewn on a tunic

I. Ground weave

Warp:

natural-coloured linen S: 18/cm

Weft:

natural-coloured linen S: 14/cm

Weave:

tabby

Other features:

self-bands: incomplete: 1 x 3 yarns/pick + 7 x 2 yarns/pick

II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

linen S

Weft:

black red and green wool S: 60/cm

Weave:

extended tabby 2/2

Ribs per cm:

13

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft, vertical weft brocading

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