Fragment
date: label: Date
content: 4th–5th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Tapestry woven square with a deep border surrounding a square field, which contains a medallion with a figure moving to the left holding a circular object, cape fluttering. Soumak defines forms and borders. Hatching in spandrels. Wide border of acanthus leaves and flowers.
place: label: made in
content: Egypt
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
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: 1902-1-2
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen warp, wool and linen weft Technique: tapestry woven with slits and wrapping (soumak)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 22.9 x 20 cm (9 x 7 7/8 in.)