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Fragment of a tapestry band
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Islamic
7th–9th century A.D.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Linen and wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 15 x 23 cm (5 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number55.1057
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPart of a tapestry band, applied to undyed linen tabby-woven ground. Tapestry wefts of red, purple, and black wool and undyed linen. Red stripe with white wheels flanked by narrower purple stripes with small black rectangles. Much wool rotted out; holes.