نویسنده
Unknown
تاریخ انتشار
700
محل انتشار
Egypt (made) -
موضوع
Africa Animals and Wildlife Textiles Death
نوع
دیگر
زبان
نامشخص
دیجیتال
بله
نسخه خطی
خیر
ابعاد فیزیکی
Width: 285mm, Height: 108mm
کتابخانه
Victoria and Albert Museum
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه
T.22-1958
شماره ثبت
T.22-1958
محل کتابخانه
Middle East Section
تاریخ
700
یادداشتها
Samite, compound twill fragment in brown and cream. Egyptian, ca. AD700-900. The piece is criss-crossed with thick, floral lines (running vines). In between the diamonds that are created from the lines, are circular medallions. Some contain two birds facing each other with a tree between them and other have two birds facing opposite directions with a tree between them. The fabric is stained and has some holes. 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
Samite, compound twill fragment in brown and cream. The piece is criss-crossed with thick, floral lines (running vines). In between the diamonds that are created from the lines, are circular medallions. Some contain two birds facing each other with a tree between them and other have two birds facing opposite directions with a tree between them. The fabric is stained and has some holes.
Üslup
Coptic
