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Inventory number: FT 15
A row of putti, some carrying baskets, others birds. Flowers on the lower border.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
6th - 8th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 16 cm, weft: 30.5 cm
Comparisons:
Pushkin Museum, inv. 5820.
St. Gallen, inv. 15053.
Louvre, inv. X 4204.
Musée des Tissus, Lyon, inv. 28929.1.
Musée de Cluny, inv. 14343: putti.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Woollen tapestry woven into shape
I. No ground weave
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
natural-coloured wool S: 9/cm
Weft:
red, yellow, green and blue wool S: 32/cm ; natural-coloured linen S
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Sewing Yarn:
S2Z
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft; selvedges on both sides of the weave; two blue finishing cords applied at the neck opening: S4Z and S4S