1975.41.37: Tapestry Fragment with Scroll Design
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1975.41.37
- Title
- Tapestry Fragment with Scroll Design
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- tapestry
- Date
- 5th-6th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Africa, Egypt
- Period
- Byzantine period
- Culture
- Byzantine
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/289187
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Wool and linen
- Technique
- Tapestry
- Dimensions
- 8 x 9 cm (3 1/8 x 3 9/16 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
- 1975.41.37
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- A small tapestry inwoven fragment with a red scroll design against a dark blue background. Dark blue wave scroll borders run in opposite directions. Areas of plain/tabby woven undyed linen.
- Commentary
- Red shape of this type appears on V&A 1335A-1888, 1375-1888. On D.08.5.78.4 in the Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes found in Antinopolis, the shapes are clearly articulated as black vines against a red background.
Verification Level
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