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Inventory number: FT 197
A rosette-shaped flower. Four yellow styles spread out from the green centre between four bi-lobed red petals. The fragment probably decorated a furnishing fabric, as in FT 195, 196 and 198.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
5th - 7th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 7.8 cm; weft: 7.5 cm
Comparisons:
Cf. FT 195.
Muséum de Colmar, inv. Ég. Cpt. 96: flower.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Linen and woollen tapestry
I. Ground weave
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S: 14/cm
Weft:
natural-coloured linen S: 14/cm
Weave:
tabby
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
linen S
Weft:
red, orange and green wool S: +/- 36/cm; natural-coloured linen S: +:- 50/cm
Weave:
extended tabby 2/2
Ribs per cm:
7
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft