Extremity of a two-coloured clavus

Inventory number: FT 122
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

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

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