المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
500
مكان النشر
Akhmim (made) Egypt (made) -
الموضوع
Textiles Archaeology Africa Death
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Height: 155mm, Width: 57mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
2183-1900
رقم السجل
2183-1900
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
500
ملاحظات
Tapestry woven silk, compound twill. Possibly Egyptian or Byzantine, ca. AD500-800. Two-toned using brown and cream. The band is bordered on both sides with a band of floral/heart shaped icons in a row. The centre of the band shows a vase with flowers and below that a human head. The images are separated with two lines. Poor condition. Similar to 248- 1890. Samite (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
Tapestry woven silk, compound twill samite. Two-toned using brown and cream. The band is bordered on both sides with a band of floral/heart shaped icons in a row. The centre of the band shows a vase with flowers and below that a human head. The images are separated with two lines. Poor condition. Similar to 248-1890.
Üslup
Late Antique
