Not currently on display at the V&A

Woven Silk

1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lampas silk, originally destined to ecclesiastical use


Object details

Category
Object type
Brief description
Lampas silk, originally destined to ecclesiastical use
Object history
In the weaving company's archive the textile is catalogued under the descriptive title "caliz corona" (literal translation would be "chalice crown"), indubitably because the design incorporates a motif resembling a golden chalice or ciborium, surmounted by an excessively large bouquet of flowers.
Bibliographic reference
Marjorie Trusted, 'In all cases of difference adopt Signor Riano's view', Journal of the History of Collections, vol. 18, no. 2 (2006), p.231. María Roca Cabrera, 'Tejidos españoles en el South Kensington Museum a través del círculo Fortuny', Libro de Actas del I Coloquio de Investigadores en Textil y Moda, 17 y 18 de noviembre de 2017, Barcelona 2017, pp. 206-210, p. 208.
Collection
Accession number
1202-1875

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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