Child's tunic
date: label: Date
content: 9th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A whole child's tunic of linen with in-woven tapestry decorations. The back is approximately 18 cm shorter than the front due to a wide, horizontal tuck that was taken in it originally and stitches from a similar tuck remain in front of the tunic. Selvage at bottom of front and back and at inside of sleeves. Neckline is a slit which has been finished with two rows of red crocheted edging. Sleeves similarly finished, in tan, with only one row. At shoulders, circular tapestry-woven decorations – a green and red floral design with red border. Green and red simple, narrow decorative clavi, front and back, passing over the shoulders. Tapestry-woven medallion containing red bud with green stem in red border, at lower corners front and back, only two remain in whole condition.
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 John Pierpont Morgan
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1902-1-155
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Child's tunic
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen, wool (warp – S-spun linen warp; weft – Z-spun linen, Z-spun undyed wool, Z-spun red wool, Z-spun green wool, S-spun red wool in the three spots of clavus bands) Technique: plain weave with tapestry woven areas; one weft carried at a time
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 61.8 x 42 cm (24 5/16 x 16 9/16 in.)