1924.122: Band with Grape Vine
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1924.122
- Title
- Band with Grape Vine
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- textile
- Date
- 3rd-4th century CE
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
- Period
- Byzantine period, Early
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/215283
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Purple and buff wool on linen, tapestry woven
- Technique
- Woven, tapestry weave
- Dimensions
- 5.72 x 29.21 cm (2 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
- Accession Year
- 1924
- Object Number
- 1924.122
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- Thin tapestry woven band consisting of a vine with regularly spaced, serrated leaves. The area of solid purple at the top of the band indicates the terminus of the pattern. The ‘flying shuttle’ technique of supplementary weft wrapping creates the veins on the leaves. Warps of undyed linen. Small bits of plain woven, darker colored linen survive in a few areas on the sides of the band.
Verification Level
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