Medium:

Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave

Type:

woven textiles

Fragment

Made in:

Egypt

Date:

400–600

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Corner fragment of a tapestry weave textile showing two thick purple bands on an undyed ground, between which are roundels enclosing stylized birds and animals. At top, a figure and animals within an arcade.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Marian Hague

Accession Number:

1971-50-509

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq46cf64855-e3b3-4c69-9ab7-056a2afb3ad3

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1971-50-509