Woven Silk
1550-1600 (made)
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The pattern consists of interlaced bands, knotted at intervals, forming ogival compartments which contain in horizontal rows either a device of a pomegranate and two roses issuing through a crown, or a rose and two pomegranates on one stem. Certain details of the pomegranates are rendered in looped silver metal-wrapped thread (bouclé) and the leaves of the roses are enriched with flat, silver-gilt strips (lamé).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Voided, brocaded and <i>lamé</i> velvet, woven in red silk cut pile (now much faded), brocaded with silver metal-wrapped thread, with details covered in gilded <i>lamé</i> strips. |
| Brief description | polychrome voided satin velvet, brocaded, 1550-1600, Italian |
| Physical description | The pattern consists of interlaced bands, knotted at intervals, forming ogival compartments which contain in horizontal rows either a device of a pomegranate and two roses issuing through a crown, or a rose and two pomegranates on one stem. Certain details of the pomegranates are rendered in looped silver metal-wrapped thread (bouclé) and the leaves of the roses are enriched with flat, silver-gilt strips (lamé). |
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| Associated object | 716-1907 (Colourway) |
| Bibliographic reference | Lisa Monnas, ‘Plentie and Abundaunce’: Henry XVIII’s Valuable Store of Textiles, in: The Inventory of King Henry VIII. Volume II: Textiles and Dress, (ed.) David Starkey, London 2012, pp. 235-294, p. 258. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 715-1907 |
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| Record created | February 4, 2009 |
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