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Tapestry fragment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Islamic
7th-9th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Linen and wool tapestry
Dimensions
Overall: 39 x 37 cm (15 3/8 x 14 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.462
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ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionRed woolen ground with an overall design that consists of a lozenge in the center connected to half lozenges formed by bands enclosing animals and joined by circles. The central lozenge encloses plant and tree motifs and the half lozenges enclose plants, pairs of animals and a pair of nereids. Woven with red, pink, dark and light green, blue, violet, orange and yellow wool and natural-colored linen. Like 15.461.