Woven Silk
15th century (made)
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Silk textile, woven in green, yellow and white on a red ground. Interlaced Kufic inscriptions, partly arranged to form flattened hexagonal compartments at regular intervals. Each compartment encloses an Arabic inscription, repeated in reverse in alternate compartments. On the outer edge is a band of yellow plaited ornament.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woven silk
Dye samples of this textile were analysed as part of the project “Caracterización de las producciones textiles de la Antigüedad Tardía y Edad Media temprana: tejidos coptos, sasánidas, bizantinos e hispanomusulmanes en las colecciones públicas españolas” (“Characterization of Late Antique and Early Medieval textile production: Coptic, Sasanian, Byzantine and Spanish Muslim textiles in Spanish national collections”) (HAR2008-04161) directed by Dr Laura Rodríguez Peinado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Dpt. de Historia del Arte I (Medieval). Analysis was conducted by Enrique Parra at the Alfonso X El Sabio University, Madrid. The dyes were analysed through high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), extracting threads with a thickness varying between 5 and 1mm by means of 100 µL of methanol/hydrochloric acid/water 1:2:1.
The results for this textile were as follows:
Red - Madder
Green - Indigo
Yellow - Gualda?
Cream coloured - not detected
Blue - Indigo |
| Brief description | 1400s, Hispano-Moresque; Lampas, interlacing with inscriptions |
| Physical description | Silk textile, woven in green, yellow and white on a red ground. Interlaced Kufic inscriptions, partly arranged to form flattened hexagonal compartments at regular intervals. Each compartment encloses an Arabic inscription, repeated in reverse in alternate compartments. On the outer edge is a band of yellow plaited ornament. |
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| Object history | Acquired as part of a collection from Mr. Harris of the Spanish Art Gallery, 50 Conduit St. The textiles were obtained by Mr. Harris in Spain and purchased by the museum for £260 on 13 May 1910. Registered as T.66 to 260-1910. Neg. L1676. |
| Historical context | Samples of coloured threads from this object have been taken and are being analysed as part of a collaboration between the V&A and the Spanish Research project "Caracterización de als producciones textiles de la Antigüedad Tardía y Edad Media temprana: tejidos coptos, sasánidas, bizantinos e hispanomusulmanes en las colecciones públicas españolas" ("Characterization of Late Antique and Early Medieval textile production: Coptic, Sasanian, Byzantine and Spanish Muslim textiles in Spanish national collections") (HAR2008-04161) directed by Dr Laura Rodríguez Peinado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Dpt. de Historia del Arte I (Medieval). |
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| Accession number | T.69-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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