Textile Fragment with a Leaf
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The motifs on Coptic textiles were often woven in tapestry technique, which is a weft-faced plain weave, whereas the ground area was executed in a warp-faced plain weave. The combination of these two techniques allows for a smooth transition from one type of weaving to another one when two to seven warps used in plain weave become a single warp in tapestry weave. Although the linen threads used in the ground area are coarse, the fine linen thread used to outline the leaf's ribs, which float over the wool weft, is evidence that the technology of producing fine linen—seen in the much earlier textile on view nearby—continued.
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