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Irregularly shaped fragment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Islamic
8th–9th century A.D.
Object Place: Egypt
Medium/Technique
Wool; compound woven
Dimensions
Height x width: 16 x 42 cm (6 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harriet Otis Cruft Fund
Accession Number48.1085
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDraw-loom woven with woolen yarns; compound weft twill. Pattern, in beige and dark tan, same in reverse tones on back. Shows part of a row of three tangent roundels, with pearl borders, each containing a long-legged bird facing in alternating directions; smaller roundels with pearl borders, each containing a crescent, at points of tangency. Soiled, holes, ragged.