Egyptian
An Egyptian 'Coptic' textile fragment, circa 4th - 7th century AD
Wool
Framed size: 37 cm x 26 cm
Composed of thick woven loops of yellow, cream, blue, green and red wool in a geometric pattern.
Composed of thick woven loops of yellow, cream, blue, green and red wool in a geometric pattern.
Provenance
Swiss private collection, acquired in the 1950s
Literature
For similar loop pile weave work see E. Dauterman Maguire, Weavings from Roman, Byzantine and Islamic Egypt, Illinois, 1996, no. C25; for other Geometric designs cf. no. C20.