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Inventory number: FT 122
On a hatched ground, a foliated scroll bearing stylised vine leaves. The leaf of the sigillum is a trefoil.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
5th - 6th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 7 cm, weft: 24 cm
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Linen and woollen tapestry inwoven in the tunic
I. Ground weave
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S: 20/cm
Weft:
natural-coloured linen S: 14/cm
Weave:
warp-faced tabby weave
Other features:
simple selvedge: points out this was a woven-to shape tunic with seam in the waist tuck
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
linen S
Weft:
brown wool S: 52/cm; natural-coloured linen S: 40-56/cm
Weave:
extended tabby 2/2
Ribs per cm:
10
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading for details; hatching: alternating 2 picks wool and 2 picks linen