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Fragment of tapestry
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Islamic
7th-9th century A.D.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Linen and wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 20 x 13 cm (7 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Horace L. Mayer
Accession Number55.1055
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionFragment. Part of a rectangular tapestry ornament, on undyed linen tabby-woven ground. Red wool and undyed linen wefts; design consists of connected square motifs forming diagonal bands that were probably parts of a lozenge; a small cross is in each of the squares; the border is of plain brown wool. Holes, stains; frayed.