نویسنده
Unknown
تاریخ انتشار
900
محل انتشار
Byzantine (made) Egypt (found) -
موضوع
Textiles Archaeology Africa
نوع
دیگر
زبان
نامشخص
دیجیتال
بله
نسخه خطی
خیر
ابعاد فیزیکی
Length: 62mm, Width: 37mm
کتابخانه
Victoria and Albert Museum
شناسه دارایی کتابخانه
8554-1863
شماره ثبت
8554-1863
محل کتابخانه
Middle East Section
تاریخ
900
یادداشتها
Fragment of woven silk, compound twill (smaite). Possibly Byzantine, ca. AD900-1100. Dark blue, almost black, with a geometric pattern closely woven into the piece. 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
Fragment of woven silk, compound twill (samite). Dark blue, almost black, with a geometric pattern closely woven into the piece.
