Cole, Alan S. (Alan Summerly), 1846-1934 · London : Debenham and Freebody · leaf 55
SASSANIAN, EGYPTO-PERSIAN, BYZANTINE … Fig. 8.— a piece of silk (sarcenet) woven in colours on a crimson ground, with repeated and reversed figures of men wrestling with lions (perhaps meant for Samson) in iiori/onlal series, separated from each other by a succession of curved bands of ornament. Fcrso-Byzaniinc. 6th or 7th century. 15^…
Silk · Embroidery, European · Decoration and ornament
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