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Inventory number: FT 128
Double row of small, decorated medallions, perhaps outlines of busts, with interspersed stylised vine leaves.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
5th - 8th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 16.5 cm, weft: 20 cm
Comparisons:
California Academy of Sciences, inv. 389-2388.
MFA, Boston, inv. 15.434.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Woollen and linen tapestry
I. Ground weave
Warp:
yellow wool S: 13/cm
Weft:
yellow wool S: 25/cm
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Other features:
selvedges: one unit of paired warp
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
yellow wool S: 13/cm
Weft:
blue, pink, green and yellow wool S: +/- 50/cm; natural-coloured linen S: +/- 56/cm
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, dovetailing