Who created "Fragment (Hanging)"?

Fragment (Hanging) was created by Coptic in Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE), 5th/6th century.

When was "Fragment (Hanging)" created?

This artwork was created Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE), 5th/6th century.

Fragment (Hanging)

Q: What medium is "Fragment (Hanging)"?

Fragment (Hanging) is Linen and wool, plain weave with weft uncut pile and embroidered linen pile formed by variations of back and stem stitches.

Coptic

Roman period (30 BCE– 641 CE), 5th/6th century

Medium

Linen and wool, plain weave with weft uncut pile and embroidered linen pile formed by variations of back and stem stitches

Dimensions

136.5 × 88.3 cm (53 3/4 × 34 3/4 in.)

Classification

textile

Department

Textiles

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Accession Number

99602

About the Artist

Coptic

Coptic, the collective attribution for anonymous masters of early Christian Egypt, embodies the vibrant fusion of pharaonic, Hellenistic, and Greco-Roman traditions that defined art from the 4th century onward. Emerging in the context of Coptic Christianity's rise after the 1st century AD, these artists operated amid economic constraints that favored functional craftsmanship over elite patronage, ...

Fragment (Hanging)

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