Fragment of a ribboned parrot (?) decoration

Inventory number: FT 195
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

This winged creature has khaki and yellow plumage, red feet and beak, and a red scarf around its neck that billows out behind. It was probably the repeat design on a furnishing textile.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

5th - 7th century

Material:

Wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 11 cm; weft: 10.5 cm

Comparisons:

Cf. FT 196.
State Hermitage Museum, inv. 9953.
Henry Art Gallery, inv. 83.7-17, Album Gayet.
Musée G. Labit, Toulouse, inv. 82-2-30.
Louvre, inv. E 28307, cartoons from the Guimet Collection, nos. 653, 661.
Louvre, inv. X 4188: shawl (?).

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Woollen tapestry

I. No ground weave


II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

natural-coloured wool S: 11/cm

Weft:

pink, beige, khaki and nuances of blue wool S: 48-52/cm

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft

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