About the Artwork
Textile Fragment
5th or 6th century
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Egyptian
Coptic
Linen with wool
Overall: 22 1/16 × 15 9/16 inches (56 × 39.5 cm) Overall (fringe): 7 7/8 inches (20 cm)
Textiles
African Art
Gift of Paul Bottenwieser
27.153
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Provenance
Paul Bottenwieser
1927-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Granger-Taylor, Hero. "Coptic textiles in the Detroit Institute of Arts," Bulletin of the DIA 79, no. 1/2 (2005): pp. 47-59.
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Coptic, Egyptian, Textile Fragment, 5th or 6th century, linen with wool. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Paul Bottenwieser, 27.153.
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