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Woven Silk

c. 1400 (made), (made)
Place of origin

Lampas, c. 1400, Italian (Lucca or Florence); St Mary of Egypt before altar


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
The (blue) ground is woven in 2-1 twill (Z direction) and the design is formed by two <i>lancé</i> wefts bound in 1-3 twill (Z direction). A gilded membrane strip (possibly catgut), twisted around a linen core (type of thread sometimes known as ‘Cyprian gold’), is used for the main body of the design. Second supplementary weft, white silk, is used primarily for the details (face, hands, feet, flower petals, altar cloth). In terms of the design, weave structure, technique and the materials implemented, this lampas should be brought to connection to the one numbered as 146-1981. It is highly likely that both lampases were produced in the same weaving centre at about the same time.
Brief description
Lampas, c. 1400, Italian (Lucca or Florence); St Mary of Egypt before altar
Collection
Accession number
1311A-1864

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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