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Band with Vine with Heart-Shaped Leaves
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Tapestry woven band of dark purple wool and undyed linen decorates a field of plain woven undyed linen. Delicate purple vine with heart-shaped (ivy) leaves. Thicker area of purple at one end of the vine indicates the end of the pattern. Self-bands are visible in the areas of plain woven linen.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross
Title: Band with Vine with Heart-Shaped Leaves
Description:
Tapestry woven band of dark purple wool and undyed linen decorates a field of plain woven undyed linen.
Delicate purple vine with heart-shaped (ivy) leaves.
Thicker area of purple at one end of the vine indicates the end of the pattern.
Self-bands are visible in the areas of plain woven linen.
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