Textiles & Costume
Roundel with Amazons, from a tunic
Textile
Details
- Author / creator
- Egypt or Syria(?)
- Object type
- Textile
- Date or period
- 600s–800s
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 22.2 × 23.5 cm; Mounted: 31.1 × 31.8 cm
- Place of origin
- Egypt or Syria(?)
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Art Fund grant and Friends of the Ashcombe Museum, 1952
- Fibres
- Silk
- Structure
- Samite
About this object
Within a roundel are a pair of mounted Amazons (women warriors) shooting backward at lions, which attack their running horses. The roundel frame is filled with stylized floral motifs and is bordered on the inside by a band of tiny hearts.
Materials and technique
Samite: silk
