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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown (maker)
Publication Place	Antinoe (made) Egypt (made) -
Subject	Textiles Africa Archaeology Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 135mm, Width: 35mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	2201C-1900
Record ID	2201C-1900
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Fragment strip of woven silk/samite. Floral patterns of white on a red background. Motifs, including those that are floral, snowflake or star like, are placed across the fabric in a general geometric pattern. The edges have stitching holes running down the sides. One end is stained. Similar to 2201B-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.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk samite Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	Fragment from a textile in compound woven silk (samite), with stitching holes running down the side. The fabric is now brown (probably once redder in tone), with a pattern in pale buff and green. The pattern depicts alternating rows of a bird (buff) facing left, tree (green), bird (buff) facing right, tree (green).

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown (maker)

Publication Place Antinoe (made) Egypt (made) -

Subject Textiles Africa Archaeology Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 135mm, Width: 35mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 2201C-1900

Record ID 2201C-1900

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Fragment strip of woven silk/samite. Floral patterns of white on a red background. Motifs, including those that are floral, snowflake or star like, are placed across the fabric in a general geometric pattern. The edges have stitching holes running down the sides. One end is stained. Similar to 2201B-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.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk samite Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama Fragment from a textile in compound woven silk (samite), with stitching holes running down the side. The fabric is now brown (probably once redder in tone), with a pattern in pale buff and green. The pattern depicts alternating rows of a bird (buff) facing left, tree (green), bird (buff) facing right, tree (green).