Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 5th–7th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Woven square with a red ground containing strictly frontal human seated figure with hands raised in each corner; hourglass motif in a blue-green frame between each pair, and in center, a symmetrical motif of a lozenge with four dots on an orange ground. Soumak was used to outline the frames with hourglass motifs. Small area of white cross stitch on bottom left side.
place: label: made in
content: Egypt
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-56-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: S-spun wool warp, S-spun wool and linen weft Technique: dovetail and slit tapestry weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 12.3 × 12.2 cm (4 13/16 × 4 13/16 in.)