Publication Date
900
Publication Place
Egypt (made) Istanbul (made) -
Subject
Textiles Archaeology Death Africa
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Height: 220mm, Width: 110mm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
292A-1889
Record ID
292A-1889
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
900
Notes
Fragment of woven silk. Weft-faced compound, twill weave. Very fragmented. Egyptian or Byzantine, ca. AD900-1300. The top of the piece has a brown/cream, fine striped background. A red floral desgin overlays the stripes and continues down the piece creating a red/cream pattern. 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
Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler
woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment of woven silk. Weft-faced compound, twill weave. Very fragmented. The top of the piece has a brown/cream, fine striped background. A red floral desgin overlays the stripes and continues down the piece creating a red/cream pattern.
