Inwoven neck panel and clavi of a tunic

Inventory number: FT 6
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Beneath a frieze of Greek vases and heart-shaped flowers are four nude hunters holding shields in the bays of a colonnade. In the clavi, are leaping lions and three-quarter female busts.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

4th - 6th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 35 cm, weft: 38.5 cm

Comparisons:

Private coll., inv. DM 65.

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Inwoven woollen tapestry

I. Ground weave

Warp:

natural-coloured linen S: 17/cm

Weft:

natural-coloured linen S: 10/cm

Weave:

warp-faced tabby

II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

linen S

Weft:

purple wool: composed yarn of red and blue fleece-dyed wool S: 34/cm; natural-coloured linen S: 34/cm

Weave:

extended tabby 2/3

Ribs per cm:

7

Sewing Yarn:

linen 2S and red wool S2Z

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading for details only; false hatching: paired weft: 1 wool + 1 linen yarn/pick: 9/cm; finishing of the neck opening: two red wool cords, plied in opposite direction are applied

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