Textile

E17113A

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E17113A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Fayum
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Wool
Description

Warp: \ linen; tan.

Weft: \ linen; tan: \ wool; red, apricot, dark-grey, Loops: linen; tan.

Technique: Tapestry over two alt three warps. Linen loops knotted.

Loops in rows between tapestry panels. One panel carries animals in the half-0gives made by a wavy stem sprouting tendrils. The other carries a series of discs carrying baskets of flowers, leaves or large disc crested with small ones. Both bands have edges of leaf cresting.

Length 52.8 cm
Width 77.5 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895

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