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Inventory number: FT 126
Small, flowered foliated scrolls form lozenges that enclose a filled bowl or a flower.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
6th - 8th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 15.5 cm, weft: 24.5 cm
Comparisons:
Cf. 183.
RMAH, Brussels, inv. ACO.Tx.0361: layout (red ground).
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Woollen and linen tapestry
I. Ground weave
Warp:
natural-coloured/yellow wool S: 10/cm
Weft:
natural-coloured/yellow wool S: 32/cm
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Other features:
selvedges are missing
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
natural-coloured/yellow wool S: 10/cm
Weft:
blue, red, green and yellow wool S: 54/cm; linen S, paired
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, dovetailing between tapestry and ground weave; 3-1 twining with 3 x 2S linen