Tabula with facing ducks

Inventory number: FT 43
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Five medallions enclosing fowls alternate with filled bowls. Surrounding frieze of stylised trilobed flowers.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

6th - 9th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 16 cm, weft: 16 cm

Comparisons:

Deutsches Textilmuseum, inv. 12585.
MET, New York, inv. 89.18.92: layout.
Musée des Tissus, Lyon, inv. 28520.37: idem.

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Woollen tapestry sewn onto a red cloth

I. Red Ground weave

Warp:

red wool S: 17/cm

Weft:

red wool S: 13/cm

Weave:

tabby

II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

natural-coloured linen S2Z: 12/cm

Weft:

blue wool Z: 44-48/cm; yellow wool Z: 58/cm; light blue and light purple (not core dyed) wool S

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, vertical weft brocading

Dyes analysed:

weftthread: blue Z wool: indigo/woad

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