MAKE A MEME View Large Image Egyptian - Floor or Cushion Cover Fragment with Running Hares - Walters 83510.jpg Rows of running hares alternately upside down and trees lying on their sides suggest that this textile was to be viewed from different directions perhaps as a ...
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Keywords: Egyptian - Floor or Cushion Cover Fragment with Running Hares - Walters 83510.jpg Rows of running hares alternately upside down and trees lying on their sides suggest that this textile was to be viewed from different directions perhaps as a covering for a floor or cushion The twill weave a relatively new technique at the time has produced a heavy durable fabric well suited to withstand the substantial wear such a covering would experience century 4 5 Early Byzantine wool cm 31 7 44 4 accession number 83 510 9328 Maurice Nahman Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters Baltimore 1928 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1928 place of origin Syria Walters Art Museum license Byzantine textiles in Egypt Textiles in the Walters Art Museum
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