Harvard Art Museums > 1924.123: Textile with Purple Interlace and Simplified Vines Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Textile with Purple Interlace and Simplified Vines , 1924.123,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Apr 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/215256. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1924.123 Title Textile with Purple Interlace and Simplified Vines Classification Textile Arts Work Type textile Date 4th-5th century CE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Africa Period Byzantine period, Early Culture Byzantine Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/215256 Physical Descriptions Medium Linen and wool, tapestry woven Technique Woven, mixed technique Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross Accession Year 1924 Object Number 1924.123 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description Four parallel stripes of weft-faced weave with purple wool wefts; these are decorated with an interlace pattern created in the ‘flying shuttle’ technique using supplementary weft floats of a buff colored yarn. This interlace pattern is made up of the repeated motif of six or seven loops of a coiling vine with six-petalled flowers inside their interstices. Segments of coiling vine are interrupted by X-shaped motifs inside squares. A tapestry woven section consisting of a purple scrolling line with purple dots against buff colored area of yarn runs in between each pair of purple stripes. The scrolling lines and dots most likely represent a simplified vine and leaf motif. A strip of plain woven undyed linen runs across the center of the fragment separating the two areas of weft-faced weave. Areas of plain woven undyed linen are also visible in two areas along the bottom of the textile; one is considerably lighter in color than the other. Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
