3rd-5thC Coptic textile of Dionysus, originally bedspread/wall-hanging & reused as a shroud: https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/asset-viewer/dionysus/7wF-IIFZqr20xw …pic.twitter.com/tbqtgFoawm
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A 3rd- to 4th-century AD rectangular tapestry-woven panel of a hare, found at Faiyum, Egypt.pic.twitter.com/2ANKn9lHXd
Amazing
That is gorgeous.
Just one extra detail – this lovely 6th-/7th-century Coptic textile was woven in an ‘inserted tapestry technique’, that is to say the woollen tapestry motifs were inserted into the woollen tabby ground – all on a linen warp.
Is that a mermaid?
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