المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
600
مكان النشر
Egypt (made) Byzantine (made) -
الموضوع
Textiles Africa Archaeology Death
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Height: 210mm, Width: 105mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
2068-1900
رقم السجل
2068-1900
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
600
ملاحظات
A compound silk weave in red and cream, with an orange warp. Possibly Egyptian or Byzantine, ca. AD600-900. Floral lines criss-cross the fabric and form diamonds. At the intersections are circular motifs with a central star. Within each diamond is a heart shaped motif. There are some holes in the piece. Samite (twill woven silk) was thought to originate from Persia under Sassanian rule (AD224-651). It was commonly decorated with pairs of animals and birds and set in pearled lotus roundels. It is often found in Western burials, within church possessions and along the Silk Road. Byzantine weaving workshops took on the samite technique to make it an essential weave of the period. It was a luxury textile of the Middle Ages brought to Europe when the Crusades opened up direct contact with the East. It was forbidden to the middle classes of France under the sumptuary rules c. 1470.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
A compound silk weave in red and cream, with an orange warp. Floral lines criss-cross the fabric and form diamonds. At the intersections are circular motifs with a central star. Within each diamond is a heart shaped motif. There are some holes in the piece.
Üslup
Late Antique
