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Inventory number: FT 147
Tapestry decoration woven separately. Fine foliated scrolls with tiny vine leaves form the lozenges that enclose a motif of two hearts, one inside the other.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
7th - 9th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 10.5 cm, weft: 14 cm
Comparisons:
Musée G. Labit, Toulouse Museum, inv. 75-3-3.
Abegg-Stiftung, inv. 131: left side cells.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Bleached (?) linen and woollen tapestry
II. Tapestry weave
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S2Z: 10-11/cm
Weft:
red and details in black wool S: 54/cm; natural-coloured linen S: 60/cm
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Special Techniques: slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading
Dyes analysed:
Weft thread: red S wool: lac