textile; 紡織品(Chinese) BM-MAS.793.b

Period:Unknown Production date:3rdC-4thC
Materials:silk, 絲綢 (Chinese),
Technique:jin in plain weave, 平紋經錦 (Chinese),

Dimensions:Height: 4 centimetres Width: 3.50 centimetres

Description:
Two rectangular fragments form the same textile with the geometric pattern of rectangles and S-shaped waves: blue for the ground, yellow for the pattern. The rectangles are formed by repeating the first step of S-shaped waves patterning program. Weave structures: Warp: silk, untwisted, single, blue for the ground, yellow for the pattern, 52 groups/cm; Inner weft: silk, untwisted, single, golden yellow, 14 lats/cm; Binding weft: silk, untwisted, single, golden yellow, 14 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 warp faced compound plain weave. 此兩片經錦殘片來自同一件織物，均呈長方形，在藍色地上以黃色經線顯花，圖案爲長條方格與波形紋樣，其中長條方格的形成是由於將波形紋樣的頂邊提花程序連續重復形成的。 組織結構： 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，藍色作地，黃色顯花，52組/cm；緯線：明緯，絲， 無撚，單根排列，金黃色，14根/cm；夾緯，絲， 無撚，單根排列，金黃色，14根/cm；組織：1/1平紋經重組織。
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Comments:This fragment is cut out from the same textile of MAS 793.a. “T.XV.a.002.a. Two pieces of figured silk with pattern in rich yellow on blue ground. A double row of rectangular billets, space between billets in each row bring about twice the width of billet itself, and billets of one row occuring opposite space in row above, alternate with rows of thin angular meanders variously grouped in one, two and four parallel bands with two small spots in each hollow. Part of band of skeleton billets occurs composed of elongated octagons in outline, each enclosing two parallel lines lying in direction of length of octagon. [Note: This type appears also among silk fabrics from L.C. site, Lou-lan, excavated 1914.] Larger piece 1 7/8 inch x 1 inch. Pl. LV.” [Stein, Serindia (1921), p.781]