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Inventory number: FT 87
Leaf and multi-coloured, lanceolated flower motifs on a blue ground bordered with red.
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
5th - 7th century
Material:
Linen and wool
Dimensions:
1) Warp: 4 cm, weft: 10.5 cm;
2) Warp: 3.5 cm, weft: 9.5 cm
Comparisons:
Musée de Cluny, inv. 12219: foliage.
Provenance:
Collection Coptic textiles Fill-Trevisiol: donation
Location:
Musée royal de Mariemont
Linen and woollen tapestry
I. Ground weave
Fragment is too small to determine the thread count
II. Tapestry areas
Warp:
linen S
Weft:
blue, red and green wool S: +/- 50/cm; natural-coloured linen S: +/- 45/cm
Weave:
extended tabby 2/2
Ribs per cm:
7
Special techniques:
slit tapestry, eccentric weft, soumak for outlining the figures