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Textile fragment

Title	Textile fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	700
Publication Place	Byzantine (made) Egypt (made) -
Subject	Textiles Archaeology Death Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	300-1887
Record ID	300-1887
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	700
Notes	300-1887: Two pieces of samite in poor condition. Possibly Egypt, Akhmim or Byzantine. ca. AD700-1000. Woven in yellow and brown silk. A central circular medallion (possibly two birds facing with a tree between them) is surrounded by a diamond border made from floral, vine like, motifs. 300A-1887: Fragment of samite (red and yellow/cream). Possibly Egyptian, Akhmim or Byzantine, ca. AD700-1000. At the centre of the piece lines of floral vines cross over each other. There appears to be circular motifs either on all sides of this cross. The piece has small holes. 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.
İlişki	Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Parçalar	Textile Fragment, Textile Fragment
Fiziksel açıklama	300-1887: Two pieces of samite in poor condition. Possibly Egypt, Akhmim or Byzantine. ca. AD700-1000. Woven in yellow and brown silk. A central circular medallion (possibly two birds facing with a tree between them) is surrounded by a diamond border made from floral, vine like, motifs. 300A-1887: Fragment of samite (red and yellow/cream). Possibly Egyptian, Akhmim or Byzantine, ca. AD700-1000. At the centre of the piece lines of floral vines cross over each other. There appears to be circular motifs either on all sides of this cross. The piece has small holes.

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Textile fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Date 700

Publication Place Byzantine (made) Egypt (made) -

Subject Textiles Archaeology Death Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 300-1887

Record ID 300-1887

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 700

Notes 300-1887: Two pieces of samite in poor condition. Possibly Egypt, Akhmim or Byzantine. ca. AD700-1000. Woven in yellow and brown silk. A central circular medallion (possibly two birds facing with a tree between them) is surrounded by a diamond border made from floral, vine like, motifs. 300A-1887: Fragment of samite (red and yellow/cream). Possibly Egyptian, Akhmim or Byzantine, ca. AD700-1000. At the centre of the piece lines of floral vines cross over each other. There appears to be circular motifs either on all sides of this cross. The piece has small holes. 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.

İlişki Greville Chester

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woven silk Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing

Parçalar Textile Fragment, Textile Fragment

Fiziksel açıklama 300-1887: Two pieces of samite in poor condition. Possibly Egypt, Akhmim or Byzantine. ca. AD700-1000. Woven in yellow and brown silk. A central circular medallion (possibly two birds facing with a tree between them) is surrounded by a diamond border made from floral, vine like, motifs. 300A-1887: Fragment of samite (red and yellow/cream). Possibly Egyptian, Akhmim or Byzantine, ca. AD700-1000. At the centre of the piece lines of floral vines cross over each other. There appears to be circular motifs either on all sides of this cross. The piece has small holes.