Geometric motifs in the main section and a border near the selvedge decorated with a wavy foliated scroll on a red and black ground.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
7th - 9th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 5 cm, weft: 6.3 cm
Comparisons:
Musée des Antiquités, Rouen, inv. 2002.0.138: weaving.
Pushkin Museum, inv. 6087: idem
Museo Nazionale, Ravenna, inv. 19 A-B.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Tapestry in brocaded wool on bleached (?) linen
I. No ground weave
II. Supplementary weft brocading
Warp:
red, blue wool S: 17/cm
Weft:
red wool S: 11-12/cm; natural-coloured
Weave:
continuous supplementary weft: natural-coloured linen paired S: after every tabby shed comes a pattern shed, over one, two or three warps; discontinuous supplementary weft: blue-black and green S paired wool for details; selvedge on one side: one unit of 2 warp yarns