1924.114: Two Bands with Coiling Vines
Textile Arts
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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
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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
Verification Level
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