Yazar
Unknown
Basım Tarihi
600
Basım Yeri
Byzantine (made) Egypt (made) -
Konu
Textiles Archaeology Africa Death
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Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
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Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Height: 133mm, Width: 163mm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
2098-1900
Kayıt Numarası
2098-1900
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Tarih
600
Notlar
Textile of weft-faced, compound weave, samite. Egyptian or Byzantine, ca. AD600-900. The dark purple repeating pattern is on a light purple background. The pattern is of interlaced zig-zags that create diamonds across the fabric. Within each diamond is a motif of a small club/trefoil (6mm wide). 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
Textile of weft-faced, compound weave, samite. The dark purple repeating pattern is on a light purple background. The pattern is of interlaced zig-zags that create diamonds across the fabric. Within each diamond is a motif of a small club/trefoil (6mm wide).
