It is difficult to identify the motif in the centre of this tabula decorating the lower part of a tunic: four-legged animal, a person standing or running? The medallion has concentric rings of wave scrolls, which also decorate the outer borders of the square. In each corner is a stylised winged creature. Same garment as FT 61.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
5th - 7th century
Material:
Wool
Dimensions:
Warp: 24 cm, weft: 24 cm
Comparisons:
Cf. FT 61.
Ethnographic Museum, Stockholm, inv. 2007.10.0018.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Woollen cloth and tapestry
I. Ground weave
Warp:
natural-coloured wool S: 8/cm
Weft:
natural-coloured wool S: +/-42/cm
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
natural-coloured wool S: 8/cm
Weft:
brown and natural-coloured wool S: 65/cm
Weave:
weft-faced tabby
Sewing Yarn:
wool S2Z
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, flying thread brocading with wool S; vertical weft brocading with wool 2S