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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	500
Publication Place	Akhmim (made) Egypt (made) Syria (made) -
Subject	Textiles Archaeology Africa Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 196mm, Width: 85mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	301A-1887
Record ID	301A-1887
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	500
Notes	Compound woven silk, samite. Possibly Egyptian or Syrian, ca. AD500-800. The fragment includes smaller panels that have been sewn together with a running stitch. The background is of blue/purple. There are one and a half motifs (cream) on the fragment. The full motif is a circle (33mm diameter) containing small floral motifs and is surrounded by 12 trefoils that connect to eachother. 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.
İlişki	Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	Compound woven silk, samite. The fragment includes smaller panels that have been sewn together with a running stitch. The background is of blue/purple. There are one and a half motifs (cream) on the fragment. The full motif is a circle (33mm diameter) containing small floral motifs and is surrounded by 12 trefoils that connect to eachother.
Üslup	Late Antique

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 500

Publication Place Akhmim (made) Egypt (made) Syria (made) -

Subject Textiles Archaeology Africa Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 196mm, Width: 85mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 301A-1887

Record ID 301A-1887

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 500

Notes Compound woven silk, samite. Possibly Egyptian or Syrian, ca. AD500-800. The fragment includes smaller panels that have been sewn together with a running stitch. The background is of blue/purple. There are one and a half motifs (cream) on the fragment. The full motif is a circle (33mm diameter) containing small floral motifs and is surrounded by 12 trefoils that connect to eachother. 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.

İlişki Greville Chester

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama Compound woven silk, samite. The fragment includes smaller panels that have been sewn together with a running stitch. The background is of blue/purple. There are one and a half motifs (cream) on the fragment. The full motif is a circle (33mm diameter) containing small floral motifs and is surrounded by 12 trefoils that connect to eachother.

Üslup Late Antique