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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	400
Publication Place	Egypt (made) Byzantine (made) -
Subject	Textiles Africa Archaeology Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 180mm, Width: 126mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	2186-1900
Record ID	2186-1900
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	400
Notes	Two-toned woven silk fragment, compound twill, samite. Egypt or Byzantine, ca. AD500-700. Cream/buff motifs on a red background. The piece is approximately one quarter of a circular medallion. It has a border (approx. 32mm wide) with central floral motifs; an interlaced guilloche pattern runs around the outside; small heart shaped leaves run around the inside. The border is cut by another circular border at the top of the piece and again at the side. The central figure appears to be a huntsman holding a bow and arrow. Similar to 2185-1900, 2185A-1900, 2185B-1900, 292-1889 and 817-1903. 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 Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	Two-toned woven silk fragment, compound twill, samite. Cream/buff motifs on a red background. The piece is approximately one quarter of a circular medallion. It has a border (approx. 32mm wide) with central floral motifs; an interlaced guilloche pattern runs around the outside; small heart shaped leaves run around the inside. The border is cut by another circular border at the top of the piece (12 o'clock) and again at the side (9 o'clock). The central figure appears to be a huntsman holding a bow and arrow. Similar to 2185-1900, 2185A-1900, 2185B-1900, 292-1889 and 817-1903.
Üslup	Coptic

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 400

Publication Place Egypt (made) Byzantine (made) -

Subject Textiles Africa Archaeology Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 180mm, Width: 126mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 2186-1900

Record ID 2186-1900

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 400

Notes Two-toned woven silk fragment, compound twill, samite. Egypt or Byzantine, ca. AD500-700. Cream/buff motifs on a red background. The piece is approximately one quarter of a circular medallion. It has a border (approx. 32mm wide) with central floral motifs; an interlaced guilloche pattern runs around the outside; small heart shaped leaves run around the inside. The border is cut by another circular border at the top of the piece and again at the side. The central figure appears to be a huntsman holding a bow and arrow. Similar to 2185-1900, 2185A-1900, 2185B-1900, 292-1889 and 817-1903. 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 Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama Two-toned woven silk fragment, compound twill, samite. Cream/buff motifs on a red background. The piece is approximately one quarter of a circular medallion. It has a border (approx. 32mm wide) with central floral motifs; an interlaced guilloche pattern runs around the outside; small heart shaped leaves run around the inside. The border is cut by another circular border at the top of the piece (12 o'clock) and again at the side (9 o'clock). The central figure appears to be a huntsman holding a bow and arrow. Similar to 2185-1900, 2185A-1900, 2185B-1900, 292-1889 and 817-1903.

Üslup Coptic