Coptic Embroidered Panel, with figures of women

NameEmbroidered Panel

CultureCoptic

Date7th century

Place madeEgypt, Africa

MediumCotton (?) and wool embroidery on a cotton ground

Dimensions20 1/2 × 95 in. (52.0701 × 241.3005 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.21

Object numberA.1995.93.21

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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.