Yazar
Unknown
Basım Tarihi
500
Basım Yeri
Akhmim (made) Egypt (made) Syria (made) -
Konu
Textiles Archaeology Africa Death
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Height: 196mm, Width: 85mm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
301A-1887
Kayıt Numarası
301A-1887
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
500
Notlar
Compound woven silk, samite. Possibly Egyptian or Syrian, ca. AD500-800. The fragment includes smaller panels that have been sewn together with a running stitch. The background is of blue/purple. There are one and a half motifs (cream) on the fragment. The full motif is a circle (33mm diameter) containing small floral motifs and is surrounded by 12 trefoils that connect to eachother. 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.
İlişki
Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
Compound woven silk, samite. The fragment includes smaller panels that have been sewn together with a running stitch. The background is of blue/purple. There are one and a half motifs (cream) on the fragment. The full motif is a circle (33mm diameter) containing small floral motifs and is surrounded by 12 trefoils that connect to eachother.
Üslup
Late Antique