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Woven Silk

600-899 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (designed and made by)
Place of origin
Iran (made)

damask, 600-899, Persian ?; Compound twill, buff circles on red ground

Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Woven silk
Brief description
damask, 600-899, Persian ?; Compound twill, buff circles on red ground
Gallery label
SILK, 7th - 9th century.
Weft-faced compound twill, l/2 and 1\2. Warp of silk (virtually untwisted in piece on left, / in that on right), proportion 2 main to 1 binding. Weft of silk of 4 colours, 1 pick of each in turn. The piece on the left, acquired from Liege, is probably from a church in that area.
These silks may have been woven in Persia.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
1754-1888

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O258309/woven-silk-unknown/
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