Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 4th–5th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Rectangular fragment from a garment or hanging. Wide decorated vertical areas on the right and left are connected by broad decorated transverse band. Linear black intersecting arcs form the outer border. On sides, black roundels and intricately constructed linear frames rise from plant motifs. Linear frames alternately enclose plant forms, birds, confronted birds and animals, some in the direction of the warp, some at right angles to it. Plant motifs tend to form linear and sometimes pointed trefoils. In transerve band at the bottom, similar plant forms support peacocks in a row. Just above, with a dark frame, two addorsed pairs of horned animals are within black squares framed with a pearl-like band. Above, interlocking spirals worked in soumak. Embroidery in two long vertical bands at sides. Soumak used for outlines of some motifs.
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 Kirkor Minassian
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1921-29-4
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: S-spun undyed linen warp, S-spun undyed wool and S-spun black wool weft Technique: slit and dovetail tapestry weave with soumak and embroidered details
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 47 × 40 cm (18 1/2 × 15 3/4 in.)