Fine yellow foliated scroll bearing stylised two-coloured flowers.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
5th - 7th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
1) Warp: 1.5 cm, weft: 9 cm;
2) Warp: 1.5 cm, weft: 9 cm;
3) Warp: 1.8 cm, weft: 8.5 cm;
4) Warp: 1.5 cm, weft: 6.7 cm;
5) Warp: 1.7 cm, weft: 9.8 cm;
6) Warp: 1.5 cm, weft: 9.8 cm
Comparisons:
Musée de Cluny, inv. Cl. 12228: braid.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Woollen tapestry on bleached linen
I. Ground weave
(small fragment)
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S: 18/cm
Weft:
natural-coloured linen S (only 3mm left: too small to count the yarns/cm)
Weave:
tabby
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
linen S
Weft:
yellow, green, red and different nuances of blue wool S: 50-60/cm; natural-coloured linen S
Weave:
extended tabby 2/2
Ribs per cm:
9
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft