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Inventory number: FT 75
Bande en tapisserie bordée par deux frises de postes (vaguelettes) et ornée de rinceaux en volutes, alternant avec des rosettes, et d’un cartouche brun où campent deux poissons ou animaux marins.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
5th - 7th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 4 cm, weft: 38.5 cm
Comparisons:
Louvre inv. AC 146: clavi.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Inwoven woollen tapestry on linen fabric
I. Ground weave
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S: 20/cm
Weft:
natural-coloured linen S: 16/cm
Weave:
tabby
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
linen S
Weft:
brown wool S: +/- 46/cm; natural-coloured linen S: +/- 44/cm
Weave:
extended tabby 2/2
Ribs per cm:
10
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading in circle motifs with linen S2Z yarn