Harvard Art Museums > 1931.35.8: Rosette 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"Rosette , 1931.35.8,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 23, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/215277. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1931.35.8 Title Rosette Classification Textile Arts Work Type tapestry Date 4th-5th century Places Creation Place: Africa, Egypt Period Byzantine period, Early Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/215277 Physical Descriptions Medium Linen and wool, tapestry woven Technique Tapestry Dimensions 10.16 cm (4 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Charles Bain Hoyt Accession Year 1931 Object Number 1931.35.8 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 Red rosette with yellow center and green details. Green lines separate the flower into four heart-shaped petals. A plain linen ground is visible around the edges. This textile has warps of undyed linen and wefts of dyed wool. The warps are doubled up in this tapestry fragment, but would likely have been regrouped in the areas of plain/tabby weave that would have undoubtedly surrounded this rosette in the complete textile. Red rosettes divided into four heart-shaped petals by a green cross, like this one, were favorite design elements in Late Antiquity around the Eastern Mediterranean, and can be found in floor mosaics as well as textiles. Such rosettes are often sprinkled throughout the plain linen ground of large decorative hangings, furnishings, and shawls. Commentary The mummy known as ‘Euphemia,’ excavated at Antinoopolis by Albert Gayet, is draped with a mantle decorated with red rosettes and purple bunches of grapes. This textile has been radiocarbon dated to 233-410 CE with a 95.4% probability. Similar rosettes feature with the borders of extremely fine wall hangings in the Textile Museum in DC (71.118) and the Dumbarton Oaks Collection (37.14) datable to the fourth or fifth century CE. 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
