Tunic clavus with people and animals

Inventory number: FT 203
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Each side of this clavus is edged with wave scrolls. Shifted ovoid medallions and foliage frame nude dancers with crossed legs and a simple mantle on their shoulders, as well as hunters holding something in their raised hand. Interspersed quadrupeds run in the empty spaces.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

5th - 6th century

Material:

Wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 12 cm; weft: 32.5 cm

Comparisons:

Deutsches Textilmuseum, inv. 12169.
Haifa Museum of Art inv. 6836.
Coll. J-F Bouvier, inv. S 241.
MAD, Paris, inv. California Academy of Sciences-1: complete clavi from the panel of a tunic. RMAH, Brussels, inv. ACO.Tx.0073.5.7.

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Woollen tapestry

I. Ground weave

Warp:

natural-coloured wool S: 10/cm

Weft:

natural-coloured wool S: 38/cm

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

natural-coloured wool S: 10/cm

Weft:

natural-coloured and blue-brown wool S: 38/cm; purple-brown wool S: 68/cm

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft

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