Tunic fragment
date: label: Date
content: 8th - 10th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Section of a tunic, probably for a child, with the neck opening in the center; the front and back are identical panels. Below the neck are two roundels each with a figure wearing a mantle and carrying a shield. Below the band hang two figures on chains. The panel is bordered by a series of small roundels containing rosettes or birds.
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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 Clara Waldeck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1969-170-28
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Tunic fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool Technique: tapestry weave with split and dovetailed interlocking, eccentric weft, wrapping
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 66 × 35.2 cm (26 × 13 7/8 in.)