Textiles of Late Antiquity

Textiles of Late Antiquity

Stauffer, Annemarie, with essays by Marsha Hill, Helen C. Evans, and Daniel Walker
1995
48 pages
50 illustrations
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Annemarie Stauffer

Marsha Hill

Marsha Hill is a curator in the Department of Egyptian Art.

Helen Evans

Helen C. Evans is the Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator for Byzantine Art in the Department of Medieval Art and The Cloisters.

Daniel Walker

Met Art in Publication

Roundel with Mounted Horseman Spearing a Lion, Silk; twill weave (?)
probably 7th–8th century
Roundel with Mounted Warriors and a Lion, Linen; plain weave, embroidered in silk
probably 6th–7th century
Textile Fragment with a Leaf, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
4th century
Hanging with Polychrome Columns
, Linen, wool; tapestry weave
5th–6th century
Hanging with Polychrome Columns, Linen, wool
5th–6th century
Fragment of a Hanging with Haloed Figure, Linen
5th century
Fragment of a Cover or Blanket with Interlace Square, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave, weft loop weave
4th–5th century
Fragment of a Hanging with an Interlace Band, Linen, wool
5th–6th century
Coptic Textile Fragment with Image of a Goddess, Linen, wool; plain weave, weft-loop pile
late 3rd–4th century
Tabula (Square) with the Head of Spring, Linen, wool
5th–7th century
Panel with the Triumph of Dionysos, Wool, linen; tapestry weave
4th–6th century
Fragment with the Triumph of Dionysos and the Labors of Herakles, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
4th–6th century
Square with Putti in a Nilotic Landscape, Linen, wool; plain weave, tapestry weave
4th–5th century
Square with Bucolic Landscape, Linen, wool; plain weave, tapestry weave
4th–6th century
Ornamental Band with Nilotic Elements, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
6th–7th century
Roundel with Putto and Horse, Linen, wool; plain weave, tapestry weave
probably 7th century
Cuff Band with Bust of a Female, Linen, wool; tapestry weave
late 7th–9th century
Square with Warrior, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
5th–6th century
Square with Warrior, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
5th–6th century
Square with Quail, Wool, linen; plain weave, tapestry weave
probably 5th century
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Stauffer, Annemarie. 1995. Textiles of Late Antiquity. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.