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Band with Vine Scroll

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
4th–6th century
Geography:
Egypt
Medium:
Tapestry weave in purple wool (dyed with indigotin-containing dye and madder) and undyed linen on plain-weave ground of undyed linen; details in flying shuttle with undyed linen
Dimensions:
Textile: H. 12 1/2 in. (31.7 cm) W. 6 1/4 in. (15.9 cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
Accession Number:
90.5.594

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  • Provenance

    Emil Brugsch-Bey(until 1890; sold to Baker); George F. Baker, New York (1890)

140001242

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