Woven Silk
1500-1550 (made)
| Place of origin |
Vertical pattern of parallel wavy rose-stems interlaced with stems of pomegranate so as to form ogee-shaped compartments, which enclose in alternate horizontal rows their respective flowers of fruit.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silk lampas, or brocatelle, woven in yellow and purple silk upon a foundation of silk waste. |
| Brief description | Fragment of lampas silk, weft-faced twill pattern on a five-shaft satin ground |
| Physical description | Vertical pattern of parallel wavy rose-stems interlaced with stems of pomegranate so as to form ogee-shaped compartments, which enclose in alternate horizontal rows their respective flowers of fruit. |
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| Credit line | 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 |
| 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. 259. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.224-1910 |
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| Record created | February 4, 2009 |
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