Woven Silk
15th century (made)
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Satin textile. Woven in red, yellow and white on a green ground. The pattern consists of a floral stem, from the base of which spring two long leaves curving upwards and meeting at the top; the compartment thus formed encloses two rampant lions.
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:
Green - Indigo + Gualda
Yellow - Gualda
Gray - No dye detected
Red - Kermes
White - X
Cream - No dye detected |
| Brief description | 1400s, Hispano-Moresque; Lampas, paired lions, stylised foliage |
| Physical description | Satin textile. Woven in red, yellow and white on a green ground. The pattern consists of a floral stem, from the base of which spring two long leaves curving upwards and meeting at the top; the compartment thus formed encloses two rampant lions. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dudley B. Myers, esq. |
| Object history | This textile was part of a gift, presented to the museum by Dudley B. Meyers. Similar to 678-1896, with variations. Neg. 77774 See also Enera Collection d'Anciennes Etoffes, No. 103. On two sides there is a fringe of blue and brown linen and silver-gilt thread. |
| 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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| Bibliographic reference | Published in 'Textile Art Early Summer 1984' (Shikosha) pl. 63. |
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| Accession number | 1104-1900 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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