Fragment of a tunic neck panel and clavus

Inventory number: FT 211B
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

The part with a lattice decoration and arched border suggests this is a tunic neck panel. The clavus on the right is decorated with medallions, in the centre of which are stylised plant stems. The neck panel shows a lattice with geometric motifs and is framed by a diamond frieze, but only a few centimetres of it remain. This fragment might equally have been a weaving exercise.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

6th - 7th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 19.3 cm; weft: 20 cm

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Woollen and linen tapestry

I. Ground weave

Warp:

natural-coloured wool? S2Z: 13/cm

Weft:

blue and brown wool S: +/- 28/cm; natural-coloured linen S: +/- 28/cm; red wool S: 2 x 1 pick of red wool

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Other features:

starting border: countered twining with 3 (S2Z) yarns taken together; first 12 picks of weft-faced tabby; slit tapestry, eccentric weft; soumak; vertical weft brocading in opposite directions over one warp: crossing; one selvedge: 3 units with 2 warp yarns each

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