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Tapestry fragment
Egyptian (Coptic) ?
Early Byzantine or Early Islamic
7th-8th century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Silk
Dimensions
Height x width: 13 x 8 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number01.5905
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionDark grey ground; the design, of light brown, consists of roundels enclosing floral motifs with broders of festooned branches carrying flowers; the design in the fragment shows one complete roundel and parts of two others; the middle part is sewn onto the fragment.