Tapestry shawl or furnishing fabric decoration. Square decorated with meandering motifs in flying thread. On either side, a triangle framing a bouquet of three vine leaves on a mottled background.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
4th - 6th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 17 cm, weft: 35.5 cm
Comparisons:
Cf. FT163, 164.
Coll. J-F Bouvier, inv. S 441.
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, inv. 9119.
Musée de Cluny, inv. Cl. 12927B.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Inwoven (?) wool and linen tapestry
I. No ground weave
II. Flying thread brocading
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S
Weft:
purple wool S: +/- 37/cm; natural-coloured linen S: details
Weave:
extended tabby: irregular units of 1, 2, 3 or 4 warp yarns
Ribs per cm:
5
Special techniques:
weft-faced tabby, flying thread brocading, vertical weft brocading; hatching: alternately 3 picks wool, 2 picks linen