Five medallions enclosing fowls alternate with filled bowls. Surrounding frieze of stylised trilobed flowers.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
6th - 9th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 16 cm, weft: 16 cm
Comparisons:
Deutsches Textilmuseum, inv. 12585.
MET, New York, inv. 89.18.92: layout.
Musée des Tissus, Lyon, inv. 28520.37: idem.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Woollen tapestry sewn onto a red cloth
I. Red Ground weave
Warp:
red wool S: 17/cm
Weft:
red wool S: 13/cm
Weave:
tabby
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
natural-coloured linen S2Z: 12/cm
Weft:
blue wool Z: 44-48/cm; yellow wool Z: 58/cm; light blue and light purple (not core dyed) wool S
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, vertical weft brocading
Dyes analysed:
weftthread: blue Z wool: indigo/woad