Craft and Aesthetics in Byzantine and Early Islamic Textiles

Craft and Aesthetics in Byzantine and Early Islamic Textiles Elizabeth DospÄ›l Williams Synopsis: Textiles counted among the most valuable category of luxury objects circulating in the Sasanian, Byzantine, and early Islamic periods (7th-9th centuries). They played a key role in transmitting visual motifs in a wide geographic zone, and over many centuries. This presentation explores…