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Textile fragment with orbiculus
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Textile fragment with orbiculus

anonymous · c. 400 - c. 799 · tapestry; tabby; wool; linen (material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Natural-colored linen fabric fragment with an appliquéd orbiculus. Centrally, on a red ground, a figure surrounded by four looking-back lions in yellow and red on a dark green ground, with indistinct motifs between them including semicircles and serrated edges in light green, yellow, natural color, and red. The whole is encircled by a red circle and a border with a natural-colored ground featuring a sequence of motifs in red, yellow, green, and dark blue, surrounded by a checkered border in the same colors on a dark blue ground.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
orbiculus
Credit lineWeefselfragment met orbiculus. c. 400 - c. 799. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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