Tunic fragment decorated with a tabula

Inventory number: FT 62
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont
Photo Michel Lechien, Musée royal de Mariemont

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

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