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Tapestry fragment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine
4th–6th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Linen and wool; tapestry
Dimensions
Height x width (96.332a): 41 x 52 cm (16 1/8 x 20 1/2 in.)
Height x width (96.332b): 35.5 x 45.9 cm (14 x 18 1/16 in.)
Height x width (96.332b): 35.5 x 45.9 cm (14 x 18 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number96.332a-b
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDesign of two trees in vases, woven into two pieces of natural-colored linen; each tree shows branches with vine leaves inhabited by a hare in the middle and two birds, one on the right and the other on the left; each vase is decorated with a jewelled band; design is woven with red, green, violet and yellow wool and natural-colored linen.