نویسنده
Unknown
تاریخ انتشار
600
محل انتشار
Egypt (made) Istanbul (made) Syria (made) -
موضوع
Textiles Archaeology Africa
نوع
دیگر
زبان
نامشخص
دیجیتال
بله
نسخه خطی
خیر
ابعاد فیزیکی
Height: 302mm, Width: 152mm
کتابخانه
Victoria and Albert Museum
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه
770-1893
شماره ثبت
770-1893
محل کتابخانه
Middle East Section
تاریخ
600
یادداشتها
A rectangle of samite, woven in blue, white and cream/buff silk (approx. 18x22 tpc). Egyptian, Byzantine or Syrian, ca. AD600-1000. The warp is cream. In the middle of the piece is a quatrefoil enclosing four birds with open wings. Two birds are the reverse of the other two. On either side of the birds are floral icons and some short crosses. There is a central strip border coming out of the quatrefoil on either side, composed of geometric shapes. There are also geometric border strips on either side of the piece. The piece has some tears and staining and the colours are faded. 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
Fiziksel açıklama
A rectangle of samite, woven in blue, white and cream/buff silk (approx. 18x22 tpc). The warp is cream. In the middle of the piece is a quatrefoil enclosing four birds with open wings. Two birds are the reverse of the other two. On either side of the birds are floral icons and some short crosses. There is a central strip border coming out of the quatrefoil on either side, composed of geometric shapes. There are also geometric border strips on either side of the piece. The piece has some tears and staining and the colours are faded.
