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Loop weaving
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Byzantine
5th–7th century A.D.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Linen, with looped weft
Dimensions
Height x width: 37 x 44.5 cm (14 9/16 x 17 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number48.1082
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLight brown linen with an octagon design woven with wool and weft loops framing a rosette in a square. A lozenge is in the middle of each side of the square. Colors of the wool loops are dark purple, several shades of pink and red, blue and green, yellow and orange. Linen within the octagon woven with linen weft loops. Torn, stained, very fragile.