Tabula from a furnishing fabric, with geometric and floral designs

Back to inventory Inventory number: FT 42

Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

In the centre, a yellow and light blue ‘dotted’ quincunx on a red background. The border has alternating rosettes in the corners and eight-petalled flowers.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

5^th - 6^th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 13 cm, weft: 11 cm

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Woollen and linen tapestry

I. Ground weave

(small fragment)

Warp:

ochre wool S: 14/cm

Weft:

ochre wool S: 14/cm

Weave:

tabby

II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

ochre wool S: 14/cm

Weft:

yellow, green, light and dark blue and red wool S: 34-46/cm; natural-coloured linen S: 40-45/cm

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft, vertical weft brocading

Share