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Fragment of a border
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Islamic
8th–10th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Wool; tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width: 13.5 x 28 cm (5 5/16 x 11 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.679
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDark brown tapestry, into which is woven with yellow and red wool, a wide band of ornament, consisting of bars (pillar-like motifs); from each end of which spring leaves; the bars frame single birds and unidentifiable forms, probably fish (?)