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Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_ICA.jpg)
Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail01_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.38.680_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.38.680_NegB_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.38.680_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.38.680_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail02_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail03_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail03_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail04_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail04_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail05_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail05_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail06_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail06_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail07_ICA.jpg)

Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_detail07_ICA.jpg)

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Fragment with Botanical Decoration

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

CULTURE Coptic
MEDIUM Flax, wool
DATES 6th century C.E.
PERIOD Late Antique Period
DIMENSIONS 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 38.680
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Coptic. Fragment with Botanical Decoration, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_ICA.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.38.680_ICA.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), 2007
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Coptic. <em>Fragment with Botanical Decoration</em>, 6th century C.E. Flax, wool, 15 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. (39.4 x 24.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 38.680. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (in collaboration with Index of Christian Art, Princeton University), CUR.38.680_ICA.jpg)

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6th century C.E.
9 1/2 x 16 in.
Coptic
Coptic Period
Egypt
Egyptian
fabric
Linen
Tapestry
textile
Wool
woven

TAGS

6th century C.E.
9 1/2 x 16 in.
Coptic
Coptic Period
Egypt
Egyptian
fabric
Linen
Tapestry
textile
Wool
woven

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