Tapestry fragment with Pan and Dionysos
4th–5th century A.D.
Object PlaceEgypt ?
Medium/TechniqueDyed wool in plain weave [check the weave]; tapestry weave in undyed and colored wools [please
Technique: Wool tapestry: [please, review. Is the green ground cloth along the edges in tapestry weave or is it in plain weave?]
Warp: light bluish-green wool, S-spun; 9-10 to cm; perpendicular to the design.
Weft: colored wools (Z-spun) [are all weft yarns Z-spun?
Needs further analysis]
Slit joins
The coloring of this piece is quite unusual and the colors need to be individually re-identified from the panel itself
Dimensions36 x 38 cm (14 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Potter Kling Fund
Accession number53.18
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
Provenance1953, sold by Melanie (Mrs. Paul) Mallon, Paris and New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1953)
3rd-4th century AD
550-725
4th–5th century
4th–6th century A.D.
4th–5th century
late 3rd to 4th century AD
3rd–4th century A.D.
3rd–4th century A.D.
3rd–4th century A.D.
4th–6th century A.D.