Tunic Border Piece

100-200 CE

162.6 cm 12.7 cm

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This extraordinary border once edged a tunic or perhaps part of a decorative hanging or blanket. This type of needle-knitted, three-dimensional figures executed as a border and embroidered with “stem-stitch” embroidery to create lively faces is a hallmark of early or proto-Naz...

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Purchased by Georgia de Havenon, New York; given to Walters Art Museum, 2016.
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