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Woven Silk

1400s (made)
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Silk damask. Green, red and blue stripes alternating with yellow/brown patterns on a blue ground.

Object details

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Object type
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: Yellow - No dye detected Green - No dye detected Red - Kermes Light Blue - Indigo Dark Blue - Indigo
Brief description
1400s, Hispano- Moresque
Physical description
Silk damask. Green, red and blue stripes alternating with yellow/brown patterns on a blue ground.
Dimensions
  • Length: 10.25in
  • Width: 2.5in
Style
Gallery label
Heavy [...] woven in silk. Woven in various colours and stripes with characteristic ornaments in saffron-yellow on a purple ground. [...] From the Maria Church in Danzig.
Translation from German in Dr. Bock's Revise, 1883 - by N. Swaep. For the German text, see registers.
Object history
From the Treasury of St. Mary's Church, Dautzig.

Registers originally record it as 'Sicilian - Saracenic, 14th century'.

Neg. no. L. 1663
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).
Collection
Accession number
771-1875

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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