Sleeve decoration with blue ground from a tunic in amber-coloured wool

Inventory number: FT 126
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Small, flowered foliated scrolls form lozenges that enclose a filled bowl or a flower.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

6th - 8th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 15.5 cm, weft: 24.5 cm

Comparisons:

Cf. 183.
RMAH, Brussels, inv. ACO.Tx.0361: layout (red ground).

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Woollen and linen tapestry

I. Ground weave

Warp:

natural-coloured/yellow wool S: 10/cm

Weft:

natural-coloured/yellow wool S: 32/cm

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Other features:

selvedges are missing

II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

natural-coloured/yellow wool S: 10/cm

Weft:

blue, red, green and yellow wool S: 54/cm; linen S, paired

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft, dovetailing between tapestry and ground weave; 3-1 twining with 3 x 2S linen

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