A dark blue wool stole,

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A dark blue wool stole,
woven with slit tapestry end borders of abstract design, with an embroidered Coptic inscription above, one end border with zoomorphic motifs, Fayyum, 11th, 12th century--See Colour Plate

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The Victoria & Albert Museum hold a related fragment of a sash with embroidered inscription. See also 'Tissus d'Egypte de la Collection Bouvier, Musée du Monde Arabe, Paris', page 148, Catalogue No 78 for another related piece.

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