Back to inventory
Inventory number: FT 28
Small orbiculus with fishes, jellyfishes and shells in the border. In the centre is a web-footed animal (duck?). Details picked out in red flying thread. (Same textile as FT 27 and FT 76A-B).
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
6th - 7th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 7 cm, weft: 7 cm
Comparisons:
Cf. FT 27, 76A-B.
Abegg-Stiftung, inv. 2635b: border.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Linen and woollen tapestry
I. No ground weave
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S
Weft:
red wool Z: 40/cm; natural-coloured linen: S, partly 2 yarns were used together: 36/cm
Weave:
extended tabby 2/2
Ribs per cm:
12
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft
Dyes analysed:
weftthread: red Z wool: kermes