Fragment of a tunic clavus (?)

Inventory number: FT 130
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Meandering geometric decoration in flying thread, with a bird in the middle.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

4th - 6th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 5 cm, weft: 23.5 cm

Comparisons:

Pushkin Museum, inv. 6783.

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Woollen and linen tapestry

I. No ground weave


II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

natural-coloured wool, partly single S and partly S2Z: 11/cm

Weft:

purple wool Z: +/- 55/cm; natural-coloured linen S

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading

Dyes analysed:

Weft thread: red Z wool: madder, mollusk purple

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