المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
600
مكان النشر
Egypt (made) Istanbul (made) -
الموضوع
Archaeology Textiles Death Africa
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Width: 115mm, Height: 125mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
T.236-1957
رقم السجل
T.236-1957
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
600
ملاحظات
Woven silk/samite, compund twill, two-toned. Possibly Egyptian or Byzantine, ca. AD600-900. The piece has been attached to a backing of green satin. The imagery is in green and gold and shows Christ holding a cross and trampling a dragon. There are two Christ figures set within square, floral borders. There is selvedge on two sides. A whip stitch using double threads of golden silk run around three edges. The piece is soiled and has sandy particles attached. Similar to a piece held by Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg. 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
Woven silk/samite, compund twill, two-toned. The piece has been attached to a backing of green satin. The imagery is in green and gold and shows Saint George holding a cross and trampling a dragon. There are two Christ figures set within square, floral borders. There is selvedge on two sides. A whip stitch using double threads of golden silk run around three edges. The piece is soiled and has sandy particles attached. Similar to a piece held by Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg.
