المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1000
مكان النشر
Istanbul (made) -
الموضوع
Archaeology Textiles Africa
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Length: 175mm, Height: 80mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
8561-1863
رقم السجل
8561-1863
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1000
ملاحظات
A samite fragment. Byzantine ca. AD1000-1300. From Halberstadt Cathedral. Maroon background with green floral rosettes and vine leaves. Centre of the rosettes are yellow or red. Some damage along one edge. Selvedge on one side. Double warp, z-spun. 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 samite fragment. Maroon background with green floral rosettes and vine leaves. Centre of the rosettes is yellow or red. Some damage along one edge. Selvedge on one side. Double warp, z-spun.
