Orbiculus with stylised plant tracery

Inventory number: FT 147
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Tapestry decoration woven separately. Fine foliated scrolls with tiny vine leaves form the lozenges that enclose a motif of two hearts, one inside the other.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

7th - 9th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 10.5 cm, weft: 14 cm

Comparisons:

Musée G. Labit, Toulouse Museum, inv. 75-3-3.
Abegg-Stiftung, inv. 131: left side cells.

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Bleached (?) linen and woollen tapestry

II. Tapestry weave

Warp:

natural-coloured linen S2Z: 10-11/cm

Weft:

red and details in black wool S: 54/cm; natural-coloured linen S: 60/cm

Weave:

weft-faced tabby
Special Techniques: slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading
Dyes analysed:
Weft thread: red S wool: lac

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