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Lampas silk

Title	Lampas silk
Author	Unknown
Publication Place	Spain (made) -
Subject	Textiles Islam
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Height: 56cm, Width: 47.5cm, Weight: 2.3kg
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1312-1864
Record ID	1312-1864
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	The pattern, which appears continuous, has been adapted to the system of ârepeatsâ needed to produce a textile. Each design unit contains an eight-pointed star, a quatrefoil and two roundels. The compartments they form are filled with a variety of smaller motifs, from interlace patterns in green or blue to tiny knots and fleurs-de-lis. Textiles with geometrical interlace of this type were mainly produced in southern Spain and North Africa. This example was probably made in south-west Spain in the 14th century, perhaps in Granada, which was the capital of the Muslim Nasrid dynasty from about 1232 to 1492. Such silks were not only used in Spain. They seem also to have been popular in Italy. This piece formed part of a hanging behind a large wooden statue of the Virgin Mary in Florence. It was bought there in the 19th century.
Sample Text	Transliteration,
Tarihsel bağlam	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 "CaracterizaciÃ³n de als producciones textiles de la AntigÃ¼edad TardÃa y Edad Media temprana: tejidos coptos, sasÃ¡nidas, bizantinos e hispanomusulmanes en las colecciones pÃºblicas espaÃ±olas" ("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 RodrÃguez Peinado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Dpt. de Historia del Arte I (Medieval).
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Silk lampas weave Silk (Textile) Woven
Fiziksel açıklama	An intricately designed geometric pattern predominately in red and yellow.
Üslup	Hispano-Moresque Nasrid

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Lampas silk

Author Unknown

Publication Place Spain (made) -

Subject Textiles Islam

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Height: 56cm, Width: 47.5cm, Weight: 2.3kg

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1312-1864

Record ID 1312-1864

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes The pattern, which appears continuous, has been adapted to the system of ârepeatsâ needed to produce a textile. Each design unit contains an eight-pointed star, a quatrefoil and two roundels. The compartments they form are filled with a variety of smaller motifs, from interlace patterns in green or blue to tiny knots and fleurs-de-lis. Textiles with geometrical interlace of this type were mainly produced in southern Spain and North Africa. This example was probably made in south-west Spain in the 14th century, perhaps in Granada, which was the capital of the Muslim Nasrid dynasty from about 1232 to 1492. Such silks were not only used in Spain. They seem also to have been popular in Italy. This piece formed part of a hanging behind a large wooden statue of the Virgin Mary in Florence. It was bought there in the 19th century.

Sample Text Transliteration,

Tarihsel bağlam 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 "CaracterizaciÃ³n de als producciones textiles de la AntigÃ¼edad TardÃa y Edad Media temprana: tejidos coptos, sasÃ¡nidas, bizantinos e hispanomusulmanes en las colecciones pÃºblicas espaÃ±olas" ("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 RodrÃguez Peinado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Dpt. de Historia del Arte I (Medieval).

Malzemeler ve teknikler Silk lampas weave Silk (Textile) Woven

Fiziksel açıklama An intricately designed geometric pattern predominately in red and yellow.

Üslup Hispano-Moresque Nasrid