Roundel
date: label: Date
content: 6th–8th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Woven Coptic roundel showing concentric circles with an animal head at center; pairs of animals crowned by a three-headed bird with a heart on its breast. Soumak used for outlines. One weft carried at a time.
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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1948-83-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Roundel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen warp, wool weft Technique: plain weave with discontinuous weft (slit tapestry), soumak
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 16.2 × 16.8 cm (6 3/8 × 6 5/8 in.)