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Tapestry fragment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine
4th–5th century A.D.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Linen and wool tapestry with eccentric weft
Dimensions
Overall: 17 x 21 cm (6 11/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number55.1068
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionL-shaped ornament. Purple woolen wefts on undyed linen warps alternately doubled and tripled. The main area displays interlocked bands and the borders contain Geometric motifs. The designs are defined by fine undyed linen threads, eccentrically woven. Some wools rotted out. Holes and stains.