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Woven silk

Title	Woven silk
Author	Unknown
Publication Place	Spain (made) -
Subject	Textiles Islam
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 10.875in, Width: 6.625in
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.73-1910
Record ID	T.73-1910
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	1400s, Hispano-Moresque; Lampas, paired lions, stylised foliage
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	Woven silk
Fiziksel açıklama	Silk textile, woven in white, green and yellow on a red satin ground. Repeating pattern in horizontal bands, consisting of a conventional floral stem from the bottom of which spring two long leaves curving upwards and united at the top by a floral device: the compartment thus formed contains two crowned lions rampant and gardant.
Üslup	Hispano-Moresque Islamic Spain

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Woven silk

Author Unknown

Publication Place Spain (made) -

Subject Textiles Islam

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 10.875in, Width: 6.625in

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.73-1910

Record ID T.73-1910

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes 1400s, Hispano-Moresque; Lampas, paired lions, stylised foliage

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 Woven silk

Fiziksel açıklama Silk textile, woven in white, green and yellow on a red satin ground. Repeating pattern in horizontal bands, consisting of a conventional floral stem from the bottom of which spring two long leaves curving upwards and united at the top by a floral device: the compartment thus formed contains two crowned lions rampant and gardant.

Üslup Hispano-Moresque Islamic Spain