Coptic textile fragment, unknown maker from Egypt

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Coptic textile fragment
Coptic textile fragment
Coptic textile fragment
circa 600s–800s CE
Coptic textile fragment , circa 600s–800s CE
Where object was made: Egypt
Material/technique: wool; linen
Dimensions:
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 19.7 x 21.6 cm
Object Length/Width (Length x Width): 8 1/2 x 7 3/4 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 20 x 25 in
Credit line: William Bridges Thayer Memorial
Accession number: 1928.0105
Not on display
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Teaching Gallery: Coptic Textiles
This is an example of two originally separate fragments sewn together, likely in the modern period. The center roundel has four putti (nude young males) making offerings. The four reclining figures in the corners of the outer square possibly represent the four seasons. The figures in between the personified seasons may be Erotes carrying baskets of fruit and ducks. Erotes are winged gods associated with love, desire, and sex and are part of Aphrodite’s retinue. The top and bottom edges are crenellated.

Exhibitions

Teaching Gallery: Coptic Textiles
Tashia Dare, curator
2012
Conversation XII: Crafting Continuities
Chassica Kirchhoff, curator
2011–2012
Teaching Gallery: History of Textiles
2010
From the Collection of the University of Kansas
1971

Citations

Youle, Randolph A., and John W. Ittmans, Charles C. Eldredge. From the Collection of the University of Kansas Museum of Art, April 15 - June 13, 1971. Houston: The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 1971.

Stokstad, Marilyn, ed. The Handbook of the Museum of Art. Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas, 1962.

The Medieval Collections of the Museum of Art. Lawrence, Kansas: The University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1963.