Tapestry neck decoration. Various stepped abstract motifs in stylised busts each wearing a brown tunic with pale clavi, beneath an arcade.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
5th - 7th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 21 cm, weft: 12 cm
Comparisons:
Coll. Choron (cat. The rich Life and the Dance, UIP 2015), inv. C19: stepped motifs.
Allard Pierson Museum, inv. APM11501.
Museo della tappezzeria, Bologna, inv. 1156: busts on the clavi.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Slit tapestry in linen and dyed wool
I. No ground weave
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S
Weft:
brown/purple wool S: 32-36/cm; red and green wool S: 20-22/cm; natural-coloured linen S: 20-28/cm
Weave:
extended tabby 2/3
Ribs per cm:
7
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading for details only, vertical weft brocading