Harvard Art Museums > 1916.395: Textile Fragment with Tapestry Band Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Textile Fragment with Tapestry Band , 1916.395,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 19, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/213652. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1916.395 Title Textile Fragment with Tapestry Band Classification Textile Arts Work Type textile Date 8th-10th century Places Creation Place: Africa, Egypt Period Islamic period Culture Coptic Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/213652 Physical Descriptions Medium Linen and wool Technique Woven, mixed technique Dimensions 17.78 x 43.18 cm (7 x 17 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Denman W. Ross Accession Year 1916 Object Number 1916.395 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Fragment of plain linen cloth with tapestry woven band. The band is red with thin yellow and dark blue borders. A yellow vine runs the length of the red band, containing within itself ovoid organic shapes composed of two colors: either yellow and green, red and blue, or yellow and white. Weft wrapping in yellow thread creates the outlines of the vine. On the reverse of this fabric, some weft threads float between areas of the same color. Four thin self-bands run several rows above the bottom frayed edge: the lower two are pink and the upper two are red. Frayed edge at bottom. Cut edge at top. Wefts are missing in the leftmost area of the tapestry band, exposing the undyed warps. The linen warps are paired in the area of tapestry. The transitions between the tapestry band and the plain-woven ground are made using rows of basket weave. In each area of transition, several rows have undyed linen wefts and four have dark blue wool wefts (these form the dark blue borders). Commentary Compare to MFA acc. no. 96.344, also from the collection of Denman Waldo Ross. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
