المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
900
مكان النشر
Egypt (made) Istanbul (made) -
الموضوع
Archaeology Textiles Africa Death
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Length: 165mm, Width: 130mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
1383-1888
رقم السجل
1383-1888
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
900
ملاحظات
A very fragmented samite piece attached to a linen backing. Woven, weft-faced compound twill. Possibly Egyptian or Byzantine, ca. AD900-1300. The silk is red and cream/undyed and seems to create a circular pattern, with a guilloche border and floral design inside the circle. The linen backing is white with discolouration and a small burnt hole in the middle; 20x17 tpc; s-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.
İlişki
Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk and linen Silk (Textile) Linen Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
A fragmented samite piece attached to a linen backing. Woven, weft-faced compound twill. The silk is red and cream/undyed and seems to create a circular pattern, with a guilloche border and floral design inside the circle. The linen backing is white with discolouration and a small burnt hole in the middle; 20x17 tpc; s-spun.
