Fragment of a band with interlaced foliated scrolls

Inventory number: FT 93
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Stylised foliated scrolls bearing leaves and flowers. The band was appliquéd (perhaps more recently?) onto a woollen textile, of which a reinforced selvedge remains.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

5th - 6th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Ground weave: warp: 7 cm, weft: 20 cm; decorated tapestry: warp: 5 cm, weft: 17.5 cm

Comparisons:

Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, inv. 12894.
Louvre, inv. AC 711 and 714.

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Separately-woven linen and woollen tapestry

I. Ground weave

Warp:

natural-coloured wool S: 11/cm

Weft:

natural-coloured wool S: 28/cm

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Other features:

selvedge: two 3-yarn warp units and one 4-yarn unit

II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

natural-coloured linen S: 9/cm: irregular 2/3

Weft:

brown wool S: +/- 60/cm; natural-coloured linen S: +/- 60/cm

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading for details only

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