Textile

Tunic

E17034A

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E17034A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Fayum
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Wool
Description

Warp: \/ wool; blue, red.

Weft \ wool; blue: Pat: \\ linen; tan.

Technique: Cloth, brocaded, app. to linen tunic with inwoven tapestry bands.

Narrow stripes of cloth brocaded with plant (?) forms alt with ovals carrying conventional pattern set off by pairs of heart-shaped petals.

Tapestry panel over two warps. Warp: \ linen; tan. Weft: \ linen; tan: \ wool; dark-blue; / wool; purple, red, two blues.

Guard bands carry wavy stem with tendrils, center band of scattered leaf forms, carrying plant of conventional patterns, with square dots between carrying crosses.

Length 34.3 cm
Width 52 cm
Credit Line Distribution from the Egyptian Research Account; William Flinders Petrie; subscription of Mrs. John Harrison, 1895

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