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