Coptic Embroidered Panel, with figures of women
Date7th century
Place madeEgypt, Africa
MediumCotton (?) and wool embroidery on a cotton ground
Dimensions20 1/2 × 95 in. (52.0701 × 241.3005 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.21
Object numberA.1995.93.21
DescriptionTen women, some with children, stand in a row. Their heads are almost square in shape, and they have faint smiles. Their hands express various attitudes of waving, holding (children) or are composed (in prayer?). Their garments are simple, striped in wavy verticals of light and dark. Along each edge is an embroidered text, and outside of this there is a row of Greek crosses; colors are tan, brick, brown; made of cotton or wool embroidery on a cotton (?) ground.On View
Not on viewCollections
Late 19th century
Artist unrecorded
c. 1960
Mid-20th century
Artist unrecorded
