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Inventory number: FT 78
Decoration comprising a grapevine, from which swirls and vine leaves emanate on either side. The band was certainly the clavus of a tunic.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
4th - 5th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 3.5 cm, weft: 48 cm
Comparisons:
Pushkin Museum, inv. 345-a.
Musée G. Labit, Toulouse, inv. 81-3-1.
Louvre, inv. X 4758.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Linen and woollen tapestry
I. No ground weave
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S: 6-8/cm
Weft:
purple wool S: +/- 48/cm; natural-coloured linen S for details in tapestry
Weave:
extended tabby: irregular units of 2 and 3 warp yarns
Special techniques:
monochrome slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading