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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.