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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1975.41.16
Title
Fragment: Floral Pendants
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
tapestry
Date
8th century
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa, Egypt (Ancient)
Period
Byzantine period
Culture
Coptic
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288752

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Wool, tapestry woven
Technique
Tapestry
Dimensions
21.5 x 20 cm (8 7/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of The Hagop Kevorkian Foundation in memory of Hagop Kevorkian
Accession Year
1975
Object Number
1975.41.16
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Tapestry woven wool fragment. Two sets of floral pendants (small and large) descend from a rectangle divided into compartments by connecting flowers and vines; these flowers and vines, outlined in dark blue, form a diaper pattern. The vine tendrils are formed from two opposing wave scrolls. Inside the compartments created by the diaper pattern are animals or figures, now hard to discern. Some of these are positioned against a soft red background.

Selvedge at right edge. Although tunics commonly feature pendants hanging from the neck ornamentation, because of the placement of the selvedge in relation to the design, this was likely not originally part of a tunic but rather a hanging or other furnishing textile.

Band of lighter fabric at bottom.

Some supplementary weft wrapping survives on the right edge of the upper rectangle, creating details of the vine tendrils.

Undyed wool warps, s-twist. Wool wefts, s-twist, of red, green, blue, light buff, and undyed yarn.

Verification Level

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