Decoration fragments, probably of a ceremonial textile, in five sections: a series of lozenge-shaped red medallions enclosing hares (?) runs down the middle. Around these, a golden-yellow band. A foliated scroll on a brown ground and a wavy band frame on either side of the central band.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
10th - 12th century
Material:
Linen and silk
Dimensions:
Warp: 12 cm; weft: 12.7 cm
Comparisons:
Cf. FT 212 C.
Rietberg Museum, Zurich, inv. RAg 585.
RMAH, Brussels, inv. ACO.Tx.0137.
Similar decorative bands of a shawl (?) came from excavations in Naqlun (inv. Nd. 99.409).
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Linen and silk tapestry
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S: +/- 22/cm
Weft:
yellow, red, black, green and blue silk: +/- 45/cm; natural-coloured linen S
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft