Yazar
Unknown
Basım Tarihi
900
Basım Yeri
Byzantine (made) Egypt (found) -
Konu
Textiles Archaeology Africa
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Length: 62mm, Width: 37mm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
8554-1863
Kayıt Numarası
8554-1863
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
900
Notlar
Fragment of woven silk, compound twill (smaite). Possibly Byzantine, ca. AD900-1100. Dark blue, almost black, with a geometric pattern closely woven into the piece. 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.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment of woven silk, compound twill (samite). Dark blue, almost black, with a geometric pattern closely woven into the piece.
