Sogdinastia beli textilek

 

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Sogdian Textiles along the Silk Road

Mariachiara Gasparini

Textile weaving, like metalworking, was a craft in which Sogdian artisans excelled. Although Sogdiana was renowned for cotton textiles, its artisans may have woven polychrome silk weavings as well, as we see these weavings represented in Sogdian wall paintings in the eighth century Fig. 1.

 Child’s Coat with Ducks in Pearl Medallions. Uzbekistan (probably Sogdia), 700s. Silk: weft-faced compound twill weave (samite). Width across shoulders: 84.5 cm; length back of neck to hem: 51.4 cm. Silk, weft-faced compound twill weave (samite); W. 84.5 cm (across shoulders), 51.4 cm (length back of neck to hem). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1996.2.1. Photograph © The Cleveland Museum of Art., Cleveland, Ohio, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1996.2.1.

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