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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1924.114
Title
Two Bands with Coiling Vines
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
3rd-5th century CE
Places
Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa
Period
Byzantine period, Early
Culture
Byzantine
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/215130

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Linen and wool
Technique
Woven, mixed technique
Dimensions
28.5 x 10 cm (11 1/4 x 3 15/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Accession Year
1924
Object Number
1924.114
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Two identical interlacing vines are tapestry woven in dark wool and undyed linen. The coiling vines form medallions containing simple eight petalled flowers inside a border of dots. Areas of plain weave linen separate the two bands of tapestry woven design and appear at the left of the textile fragment. ‘Flying shuttle’ technique creates details of the vines and medallions in supplementary undyed linen wefts.

Matches MFA 96.196, also of the Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Commentary
Matches MFA 96.196, also of the Denman Waldo Ross Collection

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