Fragment of a cover or cushion

Inventory number: FT 142
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Looped linen cloth, decorated with an inwoven tapestry tabula. In the centre, a hunter or warrior leans on a spear and raises a shield (?) in the left hand. Foliated scrolls in the border with stylised rosettes in the corners.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

4th - 6th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 13.5 cm, weft: 16 cm

Comparisons:

V&A, London, inv. 691-1886.

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Warp-looped linen cloth with inwoven woollen and linen tapestry

I. Ground weave

Warp:

natural-coloured linen S: 35/cm

Weft:

natural-coloured linen S: 20/cm

II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

linen S

Weft:

purple wool Z: +/- 32/cm; natural-coloured linen, paired S: +/- 35/cm

Weave:

extended tabby 2/2

Ribs per cm:

17

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading for details

Dyes analysed:

purple Z wool: madder, indigo/woad, Armenian cochineal

III. Pile areas

Special techniques:

pile made by warp yarns

Dyes analysed:

Weft thread: purple Z wool: madder, indigo/woad, Armenian cochineal

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