A large medallion containing a portrait surrounded by geometric motifs and dots around them.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
3rd - 5th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 25 cm, weft: 26 cm
Comparisons:
Allard Pierson Museum, inv. APM02840.
NMI, inv. 435-1888: face.
V&A, London, inv. 1269-1888.
Brooklyn Museum, inv. 26.753 (v. note 1943).
Bircher Coll., inv. AE313.
Katoen Natie, inv. 515 DM34.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Linen cloth with linen and woollen loops
I. Ground weave
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S: 15/cm
Weft:
natural-coloured linen S: 8/cm
II. Pile areas
Pile weave
Special techniques:
weft loops: 2-3 picks between the loops; in pick with loops: 2 linen yarns/pick (this extra linen yarn is introduced in the weave as a supplementary weft); wool loops: pink, blue and brown-purple (3-5 warps between the loops); linen loops (8-10 warps between the loops)