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Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	600
Publication Place	Near East (made) Egypt (made) -
Subject	Textiles Archaeology Africa Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 120mm, Height: 268mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	301-1887
Record ID	301-1887
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	600
Notes	A piece of samite woven in brown and buff/cream silks. Possibly Egyptian or Near Eastern, ca. AD600-900. There are three designs, separated with two lines and bordered on either side with stylised floral patterns. The top design is of a tree with a two large leaves/flowers and some smaller ones (tree of life). One of the large leaves is a paisley. Below this is a geometric shape of a cross and square with floral icons extending from the sides. The bottom design is a large floral icon. The piece is stained with some holes. Similar to 2066-1900. 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	Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	A piece of samite woven in brown and buff/cream silks. There are three designs, separated with two lines and bordered on either side with stylised floral patterns. The top design is of a tree with a two large leaves/flowers and some smaller ones (tree of life). One of the large leaves is a paisley. Below this is a geometric shape of a cross and square with floral icons extending from the sides. The bottom design is a large floral icon. The piece is stained with some holes. Similar to 2066-1900.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 600

Publication Place Near East (made) Egypt (made) -

Subject Textiles Archaeology Africa Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 120mm, Height: 268mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 301-1887

Record ID 301-1887

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 600

Notes A piece of samite woven in brown and buff/cream silks. Possibly Egyptian or Near Eastern, ca. AD600-900. There are three designs, separated with two lines and bordered on either side with stylised floral patterns. The top design is of a tree with a two large leaves/flowers and some smaller ones (tree of life). One of the large leaves is a paisley. Below this is a geometric shape of a cross and square with floral icons extending from the sides. The bottom design is a large floral icon. The piece is stained with some holes. Similar to 2066-1900. 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 Greville Chester

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama A piece of samite woven in brown and buff/cream silks. There are three designs, separated with two lines and bordered on either side with stylised floral patterns. The top design is of a tree with a two large leaves/flowers and some smaller ones (tree of life). One of the large leaves is a paisley. Below this is a geometric shape of a cross and square with floral icons extending from the sides. The bottom design is a large floral icon. The piece is stained with some holes. Similar to 2066-1900.