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Title	Textile
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	600
Publication Place	Egypt (made) Byzantine (made) -
Subject	Archaeology Textiles Africa Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Piece 1 width: 130mm, Piece 1 height: 70mm, Piece 2 width: 63mm, Piece 2 height: 85mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	139-1896
Record ID	139-1896
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	600
Notes	Several fragments of a compound weave, samite. Possibly Egyptian or Byzantine, ca. AD600-900. The design, in brown and cream, is hard to distinguish but the edge of a floral bordered roundell can be seen. This appears to have a horse within along with other motifs. 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	Fragments of samite, compound weave. silk. Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	Several fragments of a compound weave, samite. The design, in brown and cream, is hard to distinguish but the edge of a floral bordered roundell can be seen. This appears to have a horse within along with other motifs.

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Textile

Author Unknown

Publication Date 600

Publication Place Egypt (made) Byzantine (made) -

Subject Archaeology Textiles Africa Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Piece 1 width: 130mm, Piece 1 height: 70mm, Piece 2 width: 63mm, Piece 2 height: 85mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 139-1896

Record ID 139-1896

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 600

Notes Several fragments of a compound weave, samite. Possibly Egyptian or Byzantine, ca. AD600-900. The design, in brown and cream, is hard to distinguish but the edge of a floral bordered roundell can be seen. This appears to have a horse within along with other motifs. 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 Fragments of samite, compound weave. silk. Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama Several fragments of a compound weave, samite. The design, in brown and cream, is hard to distinguish but the edge of a floral bordered roundell can be seen. This appears to have a horse within along with other motifs.