Fragment
13th century (made)
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Brocade, woven in gold thread and red, pale blue, pale green and white silks. Pattern of small squares filled with repetitions of two geometrical forms, one based on interlacing curves and the other on interlacing straight lines.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Brocade
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
Red - madder
Blue - Indigo |
| Brief description | woven silk, 1200s, Spanish; From Cope of San Valero of Llerida |
| Physical description | Brocade, woven in gold thread and red, pale blue, pale green and white silks. Pattern of small squares filled with repetitions of two geometrical forms, one based on interlacing curves and the other on interlacing straight lines. |
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| Object history | A fragment of a cope of San Valero, until recently preserved in the Cathedral of Serida. Gift of Sir William Lawrence Bart. Bought by the donor in Spain for 250 pesetas. Received 16th April, 1923. Neg. 65739. |
| 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.38-1923 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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