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Fragment with loop weaving
Egyptian (Coptic)
Late Roman or Early Byzantine
3rd–5th century A.D.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Linen and wool, with looped weft
Dimensions
36.5 x 40.5 cm (14 3/8 x 15 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number48.1074
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCorner ornament and a roundel with brown and yellow wool weft loops, and linen weft loops on natural linen tabby. The corner ornament frames from two sides a roundel. Design of the corner ornament shows straight parallel lines and guiloche motifs. The design inside the roundel shows interlocked cables framing a central square that contains a rosette. Very small remains of orange weft loops are inside and outside the roundel. Woolen loops worn; several holes in ground. See 48.1075 for a similar design, probably belongs to the same weaving.