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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	900
Publication Place	Byzantine (made) -
Subject	Archaeology Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 101mm, Height: 53mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	8587-1863
Record ID	8587-1863
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	900
Notes	A rectangular piece of woven silk in compound twill (samite). Probably Byzantine, ca. AD900-1300. Colours of cream and light brown. One one side a diamond is edged on its inner side with a serrated pattern and has an eight petalled flower in the centre. The flower has a central '#' (hash) icon and each petal has an oval dot in the centre. To the side of this motif is a line of small flowers alternating with ovals with central dots (like the petals). More geometric/floral shapes can be seen at the frayed edges of the piece. There is some discolouration. 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.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	A rectangular piece of woven silk in compound twill (samite). Colours of cream and light brown. One one side a diamond is edged on its inner side with a serrated pattern and has an eight petalled flower in the centre. The flower has a central '#' (hash) icon and each petal has an oval dot in the centre. To the side of this motif is a line of small flowers alternating with ovals with central dots (like the petals). More geometric/floral shapes can be seen at the frayed edges of the piece. There is some discolouration.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 900

Publication Place Byzantine (made) -

Subject Archaeology Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 101mm, Height: 53mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 8587-1863

Record ID 8587-1863

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 900

Notes A rectangular piece of woven silk in compound twill (samite). Probably Byzantine, ca. AD900-1300. Colours of cream and light brown. One one side a diamond is edged on its inner side with a serrated pattern and has an eight petalled flower in the centre. The flower has a central '#' (hash) icon and each petal has an oval dot in the centre. To the side of this motif is a line of small flowers alternating with ovals with central dots (like the petals). More geometric/floral shapes can be seen at the frayed edges of the piece. There is some discolouration. 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.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama A rectangular piece of woven silk in compound twill (samite). Colours of cream and light brown. One one side a diamond is edged on its inner side with a serrated pattern and has an eight petalled flower in the centre. The flower has a central '#' (hash) icon and each petal has an oval dot in the centre. To the side of this motif is a line of small flowers alternating with ovals with central dots (like the petals). More geometric/floral shapes can be seen at the frayed edges of the piece. There is some discolouration.