Part of a band decorated with fishes and crabs (?)

Inventory number: FT 76A
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Band, edged with a crenelated frieze, recuperated from the same original textile, perhaps to decorate the neckline or hem of a child’s tunic. Same textile as FT 27, FT 28 and FT 76B.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

5th - 8th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 2.5 cm, weft: 28.5 cm

Comparisons:

Cf. FT 27, 28 and 76B.
Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, inv. 12928: surround.
Abegg-Stiftung, inv. 2635a, b.
Deutsches Textilmuseum, inv. 12566.
Haifa Museum of Art, inv. 6743.
The fauna in our band are inherited from classical Nilotic scenes, which were particularly appreciated by the Roman mosaicists and Egyptian weavers.

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:

9

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft

Dyes analysed:

weftthread: red Z wool: madder, kermes

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