Square
date: label: Date
content: 5th–7th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Square of wool tapestry containing an almost frontal bust of a woman with dark hair knotted at the back, gazing to her left, on a red ground. Broad frame imitating gold set with cabochons and rectangular faceted jewels in blue, green, red and white. The woman is wearing a pink garment with perhaps a mantle of sky blue on her right shoulder; she wears a white band in her hair, which is mingled dark blue and brown wefts.
place: label: made in
content: Egypt
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1902-1-72
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Square
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wool Technique: plain weave with discontinuous wefts (slit tapestry) Label: Wool slit tapestry
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 15.3 x 14.6 cm (6 x 5 3/4 in.)