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Tapestry fragment
Egyptian (Coptic)
Early Islamic
7th–9th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Linen and wool
Dimensions
Height x width: 19.3 x 30.8 cm (7 5/8 x 12 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number07.459
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp of white wool; weft of wool with touches of linen. Woven into a red woollen ground are two bands of bright green ground with designs of fish, animals, plants and human figures, woven in red, yellow, blue and pink wool and natural colored linen. Between the two bands is a narrow stripe with natural-colored linen ground on which are two serpents with heads toward a basket (?) in the middle, in red, blue, pink and yellow wool. The tunic of whis was part was of white wool. The mate of 07.460. Importation 204.