Tabula with hunters and four-legged animals

Inventory number: FT 45
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

Medallion enclosing a horseman with fluttering mantle. A hare runs alongside. In the corners of the square, nude hunters run after spotted felines in the axes.

Origin:

Egypt

Date:

4th - 6th century

Material:

Linen and wool

Dimensions:

Warp: 20 cm, weft: 21 cm

Comparisons:

British Museum, inv. EA 21802.

Provenance:

Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation

Location:

Musée royal de Mariemont

Woollen tapestry, details by flying shuttle

I. No ground weave


II. Tapestry areas

Warp:

natural-coloured wool S: 12/cm

Weft:

brown wool S: 40/cm; natural-coloured linen S: 52/cm

Weave:

weft-faced tabby

Special techniques:

slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading for details only

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