Textile fragment with orbiculus and clavus
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
Natural-coloured linen fabric fragment with an attached orbiculus and clavus. The orbiculus is in dark blue with a central octagon containing a braided motif in circles in natural colour in floating thread technique, surrounded successively by a solid dark blue circle, a circle with continuous braided motif, a solid blue circle and a scalloped edge. The clavus has a leaf and vine motif in dark blue and natural colour in floating thread technique with a yellow and red woven face in the centre and a bird in yellow, red and green woven at the edge. The strip is bordered with a solid dark blue line and a scalloped edge. The ground weave has an indication of a fringe edge, above which a strip of unwoven warp threads and followed by three horizontal thicker wefts.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description