Fragment of furnishing fabric

Inventory number: FT 139
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

The dark band is decorated with a stylised grapevine. A medallion is decorated with a large two-part rosette of green petals on a red ground and red petals on a green-blue ground.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

3rd - 5th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 38 cm, weft: 52 cm

Comparisons:

Cf. FT 143.
Louvre, inv. X 4410 (simplified).
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, inv. Ko 227: vine branch.

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Linen cloth with linen and woollen loops

I. Ground weave

Warp:

natural-coloured linen S: 22/cm

Weft:

natural-coloured linen S: 9/cm

II. Pile areas

Pile weave

Special techniques:

weft loops: 4 picks between the loops; in pick with loops: 1 linen yarn/pick wool loops: paired yarns: brown, red, blue and yellow (3 warps between the loops), linen loops: 3 yarns together (5 warps between the loops)

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