Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 6th–7th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tapestry medallion of very fine weave with blue and tan figures on a red ground. Two confronted horsemen flank a tree; they wear a green and blue tunic, respectively, and carry swords and shields rimmed with pearl bands and their cloaks stream out behind them. Above the horsemen, a pair of horizontal branches terminating in heart-shaped leaves support a pair of confronted animals, heads reversed. A human head in the field under each horseman. The inner border contains vegetal motifs, including heart-shaped flowers and trefoils. Inner and outer degraded "pearl" borders.
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: Museum purchase through gift of Anonymous Donor
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1946-103-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool, linen Technique: plain woven linen inwoven with wool slit tapestry Label: wool slit tapestry in linen foundation
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 20 x 21.5 cm (7 7/8 x 8 7/16 in.)