File:EB1911 Tapestry - Egypto-Roman - linen hanging or couch cover.jpg

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English: A portion of a linen cloth or couch cover ornamented with tapestry woven in coloured wools and linen thread. This is Egypto-Roman work, about the 4th century, and is 4 ft. 5 in. by 4 ft. 1 in. At the top there is a fragment of a horizontal border of floral and leaf ornament beneath which, and enclosed by festoons of leaves, are two boys floating in the air and holding ducks; elsewhere are figures of boys running and carrying baskets of fruit, and large and small blossom forms or rosettes.
Date published 1911
Source “Tapestry,” Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.), v. 26, 1911, fig. 6 (plate I).
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Public domain This image comes from the 13th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica or earlier. The copyrights for that book have expired in the United States because the book was first published in the US with the publication occurring before January 1, 1929. As such, this image is in the public domain in the United States.

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