Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 5th–6th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Linen tabby containing complete tapestry band in very good condition. In center a little soumak is within a white circle with a white animal and human (?) figure. To the left and right are areas divided into two horizontal registers; upper left same as lower right except direction is reversed; same true of lower left and upper right. One register containes flower or bud leaf, lion; the other leaf, donkey, two half-palmetto leaves together. Ground throughout bright red with edging of both sides in areas of registers white angular half-spirals.
place: label: made in
content: Egypt
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Emil Delmar
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-112-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, wool Technique: tapestry
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (including ground tabby): 27.3 x 16.7 cm (10 3/4 x 6 9/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (excluding ground tabby): 23.4 x 4.9 cm (9 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)