Syrian silk with Griffins, Foxes and Birds, 100% silk samite, light green
Product code 103-15-0005
This luxurious silk fabric is inspired by a 13th-century Syrian silk textile. It is perfect for sewing authentic historical costumes, luxurious interior accessories, or as an elegant and timeless fashion piece.
Read moreShade: | light green |
Period: | 12. – 13. století |
Style: | Islamic |
Material: | 100% silk |
Width (cm): | 138.5 cm |
Width (inches): | 55 ″ |
Weight (mm): | 33 mm |
Weight (gsm): | 144 gsm |
Weight (oz): | 4.2 oz |
Drape: | slightly supple |
Care: | |
Availability: | limited edition |
Minimum order: | 0.2 m |
in stock 52.1 m
Product description
Origin & Pattern
This luxurious silk fabric is inspired by a 13th-century Syrian silk textile.
The original textile was produced in Ayyubid sultanate which in 12th and 13th century covered areas of Middle East such as Syria, Palestine and even west Egypt. It is assumed that the textile was made in Syria because of the technology of weaving and pattern both typical for earlier production of eastern Iran whose weavers migrated to Syria to flee the Mongols.
The intricate pattern features paired griffins, foxes, and birds arranged among vine scrolls and palmette trees. The elegant and threatening fox is quite a rare motif which makes this textile quite unique.
Several collections, such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, preserve fragments of the same textile, perhaps part of a tunic.
This pattern reconstruction is the intellectual property of SARTOR BOHEMIA.
Fabric
Like brocade, samite is a fabric where the pattern is woven in. The technique has been known since the Middle Ages. Samite uses a twill weave, which makes it very sturdy. Our reproduction is of pure silk with a thicker silk thread that gives it a slightly pebbly surface. It is supple, with a soft hand, and breathes well.
Application
Reproductions of period fabrics such as this are perfect for sewing historical costumes and also bring something special to modern interiors or contemporary fashions.
Under samite we recommend a lining of a natural material such as silk or fine linen.
Care
We recommend dry cleaning this fabric at a reliable dry cleaner. In our tests how to wash silk this fabric stood up to gentle hand washing. If you risk hand washing, use lukewarm water and a delicate detergent for woolens; do not wring or squeeze dry; block dry on a flat surface. Dry iron on the back on the lowest setting.
This product is in the categories
Decor fabrics Reproduction fabrics Heavy curtain fabric Pillowcase fabrics Fabrics for throw pillows Medieval and renaissance fabrics Evening dress fabricsPeriod textiles
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