المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
700
مكان النشر
Antinoe (made) Egypt (made) -
الموضوع
Textiles Africa Archaeology Death
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Piece 1 height: 35mm, Piece 1 width: 65mm, Piece 2 height: 100mm, Piece 2 width: 80mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
2194-1900
رقم السجل
2194-1900
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
700
ملاحظات
Two fragments of samite. Probably Egyptian, Antinoe, ca. AD700-1000. They have been glued onto a backing of satin. They have geometric shapes containing birds, flowers and fruit. The colours are blue, cream/gold, red and green. 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
Two fragments of samite. They have been glued onto a backing of satin. They have geometric shapes containing birds, flowers and fruit. The colours are blue, cream/gold, red and green.
Üslup
Coptic