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Inventory number: FT 88
Decoration of dentate leaves and flower buds on a stem, together with fragments of two medallions, one with a stylised red and yellow floral motif, the other difficult to ascertain (person? animal?).
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
5th - 8th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 9 cm, weft: 26 cm
Comparisons:
Musée de Cluny, inv. 13189: foliage.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Woollen tapestry
I. No ground weave
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
natural-coloured wool S: 8-10/cm
Weft:
blue, red, green, yellow and natural-coloured wool S: 50/cm; natural-coloured linen S: 50/cm
Weave:
weft faced tabby
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, soumak for lines in weftdirection and outlining figures