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 rather lovely purple hare--Coptic textile, 4th-5thC AD: https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/54441/Textile_of_Purple_Hare_in_Foliage/set/?referring-q=coptic …pic.twitter.com/T9D5FKyVWb
Still love these :) Pair of 4-5thC red/purple leather shoes w/ gold leaf, from Egypt: http://m.vam.ac.uk/collections/item/O119560/pair-of-shoes/ …pic.twitter.com/nrIQ9OVxI2
A large Coptic textile hanging with hunters on horseback, 5thC AD, Egypt: http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/444378?high=on&rpp=50&pg=5&rndkey=20120712&ft=*&pos=238&sc_device=default&persisted=true&imgno=0&tabname=label …pic.twitter.com/wcyVdkm3MT
Two lovely 7thC silk textiles of stags+pheasants from Sogdia: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rangdalion/4928482676/ … & https://www.flickr.com/photos/rangdalion/4927886991/ …pic.twitter.com/D8yztkqGoT
A 6th-/7th-century Coptic tapestry wool band woven on undyed linen; the pattern repeats after 40cm. Now in the Ashmolean Museum.pic.twitter.com/cyuCLRUlyc
A 3rd- to 4th-century AD rectangular tapestry-woven panel of a hare, found at Faiyum, Egypt.pic.twitter.com/2ANKn9lHXd
A Coptic wall-hanging from Egypt, 4th-6thC AD, with birds & running dogs: http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/479579 …pic.twitter.com/opnwDAmbZA
Yes, they do rather, don't they! :)
amazing, makes me wonder why would they choose those colours?
@caitlinrgreen Love this one.
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