| İsim | |
|---|---|
| Yazar | Unknown (maker) |
| Basım Yeri | Egypt (made) Antinoe (found) - |
| Konu | Archaeology Textiles |
| Tür | Diğer |
| Dil | Belirlenmemiş dil |
| Dijital | Evet |
| Yazma | Hayır |
| Fiziksel Boyutlar | Piece 1 height: 190mm, Piece 1 width: 65mm, Piece 2 height: 75mm, Piece 2 width: 50mm |
| Kütüphane: | Victoria and Albert Museum |
| Demirbaş Numarası | 2182-1900 |
| Kayıt Numarası | 2182-1900 |
| Lokasyon | Middle East Section |
| Notlar | Two pieces of samite, compound twill. Possibly Byzantine ca. AD600-900. Brightly coloured in blue, white, brown/gold. Circles appear to have animals within them. Possibly antelope and deer. Palmette shapes lie between the circles on a blue background. The fabric is stained in places and has 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. |
| Malzemeler ve teknikler | Woven silk samite Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing |
| Fiziksel açıklama | Two pieces of silk samite (weft-faced compound twill) in in blue, white, red and brown/gold. The design consists of a repeated pattern of roundels containing confronted ibexes, and leopards with palmettes lying between the roundels. |
Yazar
Unknown (maker)
Basım Yeri
Egypt (made) Antinoe (found) -
Konu
Archaeology Textiles
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Piece 1 height: 190mm, Piece 1 width: 65mm, Piece 2 height: 75mm, Piece 2 width: 50mm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
2182-1900
Kayıt Numarası
2182-1900
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Notlar
Two pieces of samite, compound twill. Possibly Byzantine ca. AD600-900. Brightly coloured in blue, white, brown/gold. Circles appear to have animals within them. Possibly antelope and deer. Palmette shapes lie between the circles on a blue background. The fabric is stained in places and has 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.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven silk samite Silk (Textile) Weaving Dyeing
Fiziksel açıklama
Two pieces of silk samite (weft-faced compound twill) in in blue, white, red and brown/gold. The design consists of a repeated pattern of roundels containing confronted ibexes, and leopards with palmettes lying between the roundels.