1400s, Spanish

Textile, woven in green, yellow and white silk upon a crimson satin ground. The complete pattern is composed of rows of heart-shaped compartments enclosed by heavy curving leaves springing from common leafy stalks, which terminate in floral forms. Within these compartments are pairs of crowned rampant lions.

Purchased in May 1910, as one of 201 textiles in total, for £260 from the Spanish Art Gallery (50 Conduit Street, London), founded in 1907 by Lionel Harris and concentrating on importing art from Spain into England.

The said group of textiles acquired from Lionel Harris commences with the Museum number T.66-1910 and ends with T.260-1910

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.

See also nos. T. 70, 71-1910, 1104-1900, 678-1896, 132-1892.

Neg. 77778.

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).

T.72-1910