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Extended Cap

Unknown Artist

4th–7th century

Extended Cap by Unknown Artist

Medium

Linen, wool: Tapestry weave in polychrome wool and undyed linen on plain-weave ground in undyed linen; crown decoration in looping technique in polychrome wool; row of stiches below wide band in nearly black wool, red wool, and undyed linen ending in plied threads

Dimensions

Overall: ht. 41 5/16 in. (105 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Tapestries

Culture

Coptic

Department

Medieval Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1933

Accession Number

33.10.6

Rights

Public Domain

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