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Source Description
Rows of running hares (alternately upside down) and trees (lying on their sides) suggest that this textile was to be viewed from different directions, perhaps as a covering for a floor or cushion.The twill weave, a relatively new technique at the time, has produced a heavy, durable fabric, well suited to withstand the substantial wear such a covering would experience.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9328
label
Floor or Cushion Cover Fragment with Running Hares
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9328
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Floor or Cushion Cover Fragment with Running Hares
description
Rows of running hares (alternately upside down) and trees (lying on their sides) suggest that this textile was to be viewed from different directions, perhaps as a covering for a floor or cushion.The twill weave, a relatively new technique at the time, has produced a heavy, durable fabric, well suited to withstand the substantial wear such a covering would experience.
provenance
Maurice Nahman, Cairo [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1928 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th-5th century (Early Byzantine)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Textiles
textiles
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
31.7
height
44.4
dimensionsRaw
12 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (31.7 x 44.4 cm)
Source extras
med
wool
creator_ids
6182
3930
collection_ids
BYZ
TAF
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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ff9b62228ee8336f