Roundel
date: label: Date
content: 6th–7th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tapestry medallion with polychrome figures on a red ground. In the center field, a haloed rider on a prancing horse carries a staff or scepter topped with a trefoil, and holds a ring. A lion below looks back over his shoulder. Two additional figures, one at each side, wear spotted green clothing. The rider is in pink with a flowing blue cape. Inner border of polychrome connected flower heads on a natural ground; outer border of polychrome stepped pattern on dark blue ground.
label: Description
content: The image is said to represent the emperor with two Persian prisoners, a reference to the victory of Heraclius (617 - 641) over the Persians in 627.
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: 1902-1-71
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Roundel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: warp: undyed S-spun wool; wefts: S-spun red wool; S-spun white linen; S-spun pink wool; S-spun green wool (2 shades); S-spun black wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (slit tapestry), with supplementary weft wrapping Label: wool slit tapestry with supplementary weft wrapping in linen foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 23.5 x 21.5 cm (9 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.)