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Title	Textile
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	700
Publication Place	Antinoe (made) Egypt (made) -
Subject	Textiles Africa Archaeology Death
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Piece 1 height: 35mm, Piece 1 width: 65mm, Piece 2 height: 100mm, Piece 2 width: 80mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	2194-1900
Record ID	2194-1900
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	700
Notes	Two fragments of samite. Probably Egyptian, Antinoe, ca. AD700-1000. They have been glued onto a backing of satin. They have geometric shapes containing birds, flowers and fruit. The colours are blue, cream/gold, red and green. 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 Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama	Two fragments of samite. They have been glued onto a backing of satin. They have geometric shapes containing birds, flowers and fruit. The colours are blue, cream/gold, red and green.
Üslup	Coptic

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Textile

Author Unknown

Publication Date 700

Publication Place Antinoe (made) Egypt (made) -

Subject Textiles Africa Archaeology Death

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Piece 1 height: 35mm, Piece 1 width: 65mm, Piece 2 height: 100mm, Piece 2 width: 80mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 2194-1900

Record ID 2194-1900

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 700

Notes Two fragments of samite. Probably Egyptian, Antinoe, ca. AD700-1000. They have been glued onto a backing of satin. They have geometric shapes containing birds, flowers and fruit. The colours are blue, cream/gold, red and green. 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 Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing

Fiziksel açıklama Two fragments of samite. They have been glued onto a backing of satin. They have geometric shapes containing birds, flowers and fruit. The colours are blue, cream/gold, red and green.

Üslup Coptic