Woven Silk and Gold
14th to 15th century (made)
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Brocade silk, woven in blue and white and gold thread on a red silk ground with a diaper pattern consisting of two repeating eight-pointed stars, placed in alternating horizontal rows and separated by geometrical devices.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | woven silk |
| Brief description | 1400s, Hispano-Moresque; Lampas, eight-pointed stars |
| Physical description | Brocade silk, woven in blue and white and gold thread on a red silk ground with a diaper pattern consisting of two repeating eight-pointed stars, placed in alternating horizontal rows and separated by geometrical devices. |
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| Object history | Purchased for £8 from Messrs. J. Sasson & Co. Received 9 Dec 1892. Loaned for Art of Islam Exhibition in the Hayward Gallery. April - July 1976 |
| 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 | 1757-1892 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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