Fragment of tiraz

Inventory number: FT 212A
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Decoration fragments, probably of a ceremonial textile, in five sections: a series of lozenge-shaped red medallions enclosing hares (?) runs down the middle. Around these, a golden-yellow band. A foliated scroll on a brown ground and a wavy band frame on either side of the central band.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

10th - 12th century

Material:

Linen and silk

Dimensions:

Warp: 12 cm; weft: 12.7 cm

Comparisons:

Cf. FT 212 C.
Rietberg Museum, Zurich, inv. RAg 585.
RMAH, Brussels, inv. ACO.Tx.0137.
Similar decorative bands of a shawl (?) came from excavations in Naqlun (inv. Nd. 99.409).

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Linen and silk tapestry

Warp:

natural-coloured linen S: +/- 22/cm

Weft:

yellow, red, black, green and blue silk: +/- 45/cm; natural-coloured linen S

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft

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