Textiles & Costume
Roundel from a Tunic with Palmette Tree
Textile
Details
- Author / creator
- Egypt or Syria(?)
- Object type
- Textile
- Date or period
- 650–850
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 18.3 × 17.8 cm; Mounted: 27.9 × 26.7 cm
- Place of origin
- Egypt or Syria(?)
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Founder's Endowment, 1952
- Fibres
- Silk
- Structure
- Samite
About this object
Four or six squares of this luxurious two-color silk were originally sewn on a linen tunic, two positioned above the hemline in the front and two in the back, and possibly two more at the shoulder. The folded edges are still visible, including a silk sewing thread on the right side. The brittle condition is evident in the numerous crisp breaks.
Materials and technique
Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite)
