Textile Fragment
ca. AD200-500 (made)
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A panel of tapestry-woven wool and linen, some embroidery. Egyptian, ca. AD200-500. The warp is of undyed linen, double and s-spun. Linen is also used as weft and thread to create a guillloche interlace border round the main decoration. The s-spun wool is brown/purple, red and green. The panel is mainly square but with a small triangle enclosing a floral icon, on either side. The square is outlined with the guilloche border and surrounds four circles. Around the circles are floral icons. Two circles enclose tree/floral icons and the other two enclose a striped vase with three petals rising from the mouth. These petals form half the 'rose/cross' icon that is common to Coptic design (ie: an icon of four heart shaped petals, with the pointed ends towards each other, separated with a short cross.) Along one side there are remains of a slit tapestry linen border while on the opposite side are whip stitches of linen thread that once attached the panel to another linen piece.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven linen and wool |
| Brief description | Tapestry woven wool and linen. Embroidery. Egyptian, ca. AD200-500. |
| Physical description | A panel of tapestry-woven wool and linen, some embroidery. The warp is of undyed linen, double and s-spun. Linen is also used as weft and as thread to create a guillloche, interlace border round the main decoration. The s-spun wool is brown/purple, red and green. The panel is mainly square but with a small triangle enclosing a floral icon, on either side. The square is outlined with the guilloche border and surrounds four circles. Around the circles are floral icons. Two circles enclose tree/floral icons and the other two enclose a striped vase with three petals rising from the mouth. These petals form half the 'rose/cross' icon that is common to Coptic design (ie: an icon of four heart shaped petals, with the pointed ends towards each other, separated with a short cross.) Along one side there are remains of a slit tapestry linen border while on the opposite side are whip stitches of linen thread that once attached the panel to another linen piece. |
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| Credit line | Given by Robert Taylor Esq. in 1900 |
| Summary | A panel of tapestry-woven wool and linen, some embroidery. Egyptian, ca. AD200-500. The warp is of undyed linen, double and s-spun. Linen is also used as weft and thread to create a guillloche interlace border round the main decoration. The s-spun wool is brown/purple, red and green. The panel is mainly square but with a small triangle enclosing a floral icon, on either side. The square is outlined with the guilloche border and surrounds four circles. Around the circles are floral icons. Two circles enclose tree/floral icons and the other two enclose a striped vase with three petals rising from the mouth. These petals form half the 'rose/cross' icon that is common to Coptic design (ie: an icon of four heart shaped petals, with the pointed ends towards each other, separated with a short cross.) Along one side there are remains of a slit tapestry linen border while on the opposite side are whip stitches of linen thread that once attached the panel to another linen piece. |
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| Accession number | 2139-1900 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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