Coptic
Fragment of Tunic Clavus or Partial Decorative Band from a Hanging
Coptic, 2001
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Coptic
Fragment of Tunic Clavus or Partial Decorative Band from a Hanging
Coptic, 2001
Physical Qualities
Linen, wool, 11 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (29.2 x 13 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore
Object Number
1985.237
In many cases, Coptic remnants are tapestry-woven wool (or wool and linen) designs either inserted into or applied onto garments of plain-woven linen or wool. The tapestry-woven areas are often composed of figural designs. These frequently appear within architectural frameworks and/or combined with animals and floral designs. This section of natural plain-woven linen is decorated with a strip containing two variations of tapestry-woven “buds.” The strip may be a fragment of a clavus (a narrow ornamental band) from a tunic, or a decorative section of a domestic textile, such as a curtain.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift 1985; Dena S. Katzenberg, Baltimore, MD.; Kevorkian.
Timeless Weft: Ancient Tapestries and the Art of Louise B. Wheatley
Maguire, Eunice Dauterman. The Rich Life and The Dance: Weavings From Roman,Byzantine and Islamic Egypt, Urbana-Champaign: Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, cat. A27, p.71; A28, p. 72.
Hoskins, Nancy Arthur. The Coptic Tapestry Albums and the Archaeologist of Antinoe, Albert Gayet. Eugene, OR: Skein Publications, 2004, p.82, Plate 19, fig. 3.29, p.118, Plate 118, fig. 3.72, p.134, Plate 45, fig. 3.89.
Kybalova, Ludmila. Coptic Textiles. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967,
p. 80, no. 28, p. 108, no. 58., p.110, no. 60.
Stauffer, Annemarie. (Ed.). Textiles of Late Antiquity. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995, p. 39, cat. #57.
Hoskins, Nancy Arthur. The Coptic Tapestry Albums and the Archaeologist of Antinoe, Albert Gayet. Eugene, OR: Skein Publications, 2004, p.82, Plate 19, fig. 3.29, p.118, Plate 118, fig. 3.72, p.134, Plate 45, fig. 3.89.
Kybalova, Ludmila. Coptic Textiles. London: Paul Hamlyn, 1967,
p. 80, no. 28, p. 108, no. 58., p.110, no. 60.
Stauffer, Annemarie. (Ed.). Textiles of Late Antiquity. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995, p. 39, cat. #57.
