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Inventory number: FT 18
Two seated or kneeling putti facing a motif symbolising a tree of life (?) from which seems to emerge a bunch of grapes and foliated scrolls around two oval forms (baskets of fruit?).
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
6th - 8th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 7 cm, weft: 9 cm
Comparisons:
Prague, inv. 56279.
California Academy of Sciences, inv. 389-2382: branched, intertwined foliated scrolls.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Linen and woollen tapestry
II. Tapestry weave
Warp:
natural-coloured linen, S2Z: 10-11/cm
Weft:
red, yellow and beige wool S: 66/cm; natural-coloured linen S
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, soumak-wrapped circles with linen S2Z and wool