Author
Unknown
Publication Date
700
Publication Place
Near East (made) Egypt (made) Egypt (found) -
Subject
Textiles Archaeology
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
133-1891
Record ID
133-1891
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
700
Notes
133-1891: Three pieces of samite in light blue, dark blue and buff/tan silks. They are cut into the shape of isosceles triangles and have double rows of stitch holes along all sides. The design is geometric with some stylised floral icons/palmettes. The pieces are stained. Found in an Egyptian tomb but probably of Near Eastern design. 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. 133A-1891: A hat made of a silk covering with wool and fibre padding and a linen lining. Egyptian, ca. AD1000-1400. From a tomb. The top of the hat is cone shaped and made of six triangles sewn together. A head band is attached around the base of this cone. The fabric is twill woven silk, in thin stripes of blue, green and pink? on a buff background. The inner lining is of a plain woven linen, approx. 12x12 tpc. The padding between these layers is of undyed wool and lengths of a grass-like fibre, probably linen. The hat is badly damaged with much staining and some dirt residue.
İlişki
Wallis
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk Silk (Textile) Linen Wool Fibre Weaving Sewing Dyeing
Parçalar
Textile Fragments, Hat (Headgear)
Fiziksel açıklama
133-1891: Three pieces of samite in light blue, dark blue and buff/tan silks. They are cut into the shape of isosceles triangles and have double rows of stitch holes along all sides. The design is geometric with some stylised floral icons/palmettes. The pieces are stained. 133A-1891: A hat made of a silk covering with wool and fibre padding and a linen lining. The top of the hat is cone shaped and made of six triangles sewn together. A head band is attached around the base of this cone. The fabric is twill woven silk, in thin stripes of blue, green and pink? on a buff background. The inner lining is of a plain woven linen, approx. 12x12 tpc. The padding between these layers is of undyed wool and lengths of a grass-like fibre, probably linen. The hat is badly damaged with much staining and some dirt residue.
