textile; 紡織品 BM-MAS.882

Period:Unknown Production date:8thC-9thC
Materials:silk, 絲綢 (Chinese),
Technique:clamp resist-dyed, 夾纈 (Chinese),

Dimensions:Length: 35 centimetres Width: 3.60 centimetres

Description:
Narrow rectangular fragment of silk plain weave made of clamp resist dyeing technique, with selvage on one side. The dyed pattern, with a repeat 14.5cm in warp direction, uses light brown as the ground colour, orange as the flowers, but green and yellow for the flower centre, but they are not very clear. Weave structures: Warp: silk, untwisted, single, 32 ends/cm; Weft: silk, untwisted, 20 lats/cm. Weave structure: 1/1 plain weave. 夾纈製成的狹長形絲織品殘片，其中一邊有幅邊。此織物爲平紋絹，夾纈圖案採用褐色作地，橙色作花，花芯部分由綠色和黃色染成，但輪廓模糊。圖案的經向循環爲14.5cm。 組織結構： 經線：絲，無撚，單根排列，32根/cm；緯線：絲，無撚，20根/cm；組織：1/1平紋。
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