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Two silk weavings
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine or Early Islamic
7th-10th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
(a) Height x width: 17 x 16 cm (6 11/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
(b) Height x width: 16.9 x 16 cm (6 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
(b) Height x width: 16.9 x 16 cm (6 5/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number15.384a-b
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAfrica and Oceania, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionLight brown silk ground of diagonal weave; the design in each of the two square weavings consists of a roundel enclosing a candelabra-shaped plant with two large leaves on each side woven with cream white silk; the border encloses brown lotus-like scrolled motifs on a white ground. The design is a more stylized version of that in 15.388. Cut from a larger piece of silk from the same garment as 15.521..
15.384a has a large hole in the midde.
15.384a has a large hole in the midde.