Fragment of a linen shawl or furnishing fabric, decorated with a disk, edged with a ribbon decorated in flying thread. The ribbon has a chain motif and extends on both sides as interlaces.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
4th - 6th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 17 cm, weft: 30 cm
Comparisons:
Cf. FT 163.
Coll. Choron (cat. The rich Life and the Dance, UIP 2015), inv. A13: interlaced ribbon.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Woollen and linen tapestry inwoven in a linen cloth
I. Ground weave
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S: 25/cm
Weft:
natural-coloured linen S: 15/cm
Weave:
warp-faced tabby
II. Wool areas
Flying thread brocading
Warp:
linen S
Weft:
purple wool S: 56/cm; natural-coloured linen S: details
Weave:
extended tabby: irregular units of 2 and 3 warp yarns
Ribs per cm:
9
Special techniques:
weft-faced tabby, flying thread brocading, vertical weft brocading