Object
Wool woven in tapestry technique
RKM 51:1-1964 29,50 x 21,00 cm
, 300 - 599
RKM 51:1-1964
Purchase
Currently not on display
Description
This fragment is from the end of a tunic’s sleeve. It was popular to decorate the sleeve ends, near the wrist, with a single or double band. In the present sleeve, each band shows two image fields, arranged in mirror image, each depicting a building with a pointed gable and four dancing figures.
The tunic itself, as evidenced from the ground fabric surrounding the bands, consisted of orange-coloured wool. Remains of orange-coloured sewing threads reveal that the outer vertical edges of the sleeve had originally been sewn together to form a tube.