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Unknown (maker)
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Antinoe (made) Egypt (made) -
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Textiles Africa Archaeology Death
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Fiziksel Boyutlar
Height: 135mm, Width: 35mm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
2201C-1900
Kayıt Numarası
2201C-1900
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Notlar
Fragment strip of woven silk/samite. Floral patterns of white on a red background. Motifs, including those that are floral, snowflake or star like, are placed across the fabric in a general geometric pattern. The edges have stitching holes running down the sides. One end is stained. Similar to 2201B-1900. 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
Fragment from a textile in compound woven silk (samite), with stitching holes running down the side. The fabric is now brown (probably once redder in tone), with a pattern in pale buff and green. The pattern depicts alternating rows of a bird (buff) facing left, tree (green), bird (buff) facing right, tree (green).