Two orbiculi and border of a sleeve from a woollen tunic, with symmetrical branched motifs. The border has two sections, separated by a wavy line with little dots on either side.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
5th - 7th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Orbiculus with twining: warp: 14 cm, weft: 15.5 cm; orbiculus: warp: 13 cm, weft: 16 cm; sleeve decoration: warp: 12.5 cm, weft: 28 cm
Comparisons:
Louvre, inv. 4683: sleeve decoration.
California Academy of Sciences, inv. 389-2401: idem.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Inwoven tapestry of a tunic
I. Ground weave
Warp:
red wool S: 10-11/cm
Weft:
red wool S: 30/cm
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
red wool S: 10-11/cm
Weft:
blue wool S: +/- 50/cm; natural-coloured linen S
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, dovetailing with extra red yarn vertical weft brocading covering the blue wefts, vertical weft brocading, twining: 3-3 span countered twining with two S3 yarns each; selvedges at both sides of sleeve fragment: two units of two warps each