File:EB1911 Tapestry - Egypto-Roman - linen hanging or couch cover.jpg
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English: A portion of a linen cloth or couch cover ornamented with tapestry woven in coloured wools and linen thread. This is Egypto-Roman work, about the 4th century, and is 4 ft. 5 in. by 4 ft. 1 in. At the top there is a fragment of a horizontal border of floral and leaf ornament beneath which, and enclosed by festoons of leaves, are two boys floating in the air and holding ducks; elsewhere are figures of boys running and carrying baskets of fruit, and large and small blossom forms or rosettes. |
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| Date | published 1911 | |||
| Source | “Tapestry,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 26, 1911, fig. 6 (plate I). | |||
| Author | Unknown artist | |||
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| current | 20:00, 14 February 2019 | | 1,311 × 1,209 (287 KB) | Bob Burkhardt | {{Information |description ={{en|1=A portion of a linen cloth or couch cover ornamented with tapestry woven in coloured wools and linen thread. This is Egypto-Roman work, about the 4th century, and is 4 ft. 5 in. by 4 ft. 1 in. At the top there is a fragment of a horizontal border of floral and leaf ornament beneath which, and enclosed by festoons of leaves, are two boys floating in the air and holding ducks; elsewhere are figures of boys running and carrying baskets of fruit, and large an... |
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