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Inventory number: FT 130
Meandering geometric decoration in flying thread, with a bird in the middle.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
4th - 6th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 5 cm, weft: 23.5 cm
Comparisons:
Pushkin Museum, inv. 6783.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Woollen and linen tapestry
I. No ground weave
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
natural-coloured wool, partly single S and partly S2Z: 11/cm
Weft:
purple wool Z: +/- 55/cm; natural-coloured linen S
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading
Dyes analysed:
Weft thread: red Z wool: madder, mollusk purple