Three Fragments with a Coptic Inscription
Unknown Artist
810–1010 (radiocarbon date, 95% probability)
Medium
Tapestry weave in polychrome and undyed wool on plain-weave ground of undyed wool; a row of stitches in undyed wool below the top edge
Dimensions
Textile Fragment A: H. 24 13/16 in. (31.4 cm) W. 12 3/8 in. (63 x 31.4 cm) Textile Fragment B: H. 6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm) W. 11 in. (27.9 cm) Textile Fragment C: H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm) W. 20 3/4 in. (52.7 cm)
Classification
Textiles
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
Accession Number
90.5.877
Tags
Coptic