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Woven silk and gold

Title	Woven silk and gold
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1330
Publication Place	Granada (made) -
Subject	Textiles Islam
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 6.5cm, Width: 46cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	881A-1892
Record ID	881A-1892
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1330
Notes	1400s, Hispano-Moresque; Lampas, black and gold, inscriptions
Sample Text	Translation 'There is no conqueror but God' Note Calligraphic inscription woven in gold thread, repeated twice within lobed cartouches
Tarihsel bağlam	The horizontal arrangement of the design recalls the plaster friezes of the Alhambra's walls. This example was clearly made at the high end of luxury production: its ground silk is finely woven and of deep, indigo blue. The gold thread is used ostentatiously, with most ending up on the reverse. Such expensively produced cloth bearing messages of Nasrid kingship shows that textiles were an important element in expressing dynastic power. (M. Rosser-Owen, 2010). 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 with gold thread.
Fiziksel açıklama	Textile fragment with blue ground and Arabic inscription woven in gold thread.
Üslup	Nasrid Islamic Spain

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Woven silk and gold

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1330

Publication Place Granada (made) -

Subject Textiles Islam

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 6.5cm, Width: 46cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 881A-1892

Record ID 881A-1892

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1330

Notes 1400s, Hispano-Moresque; Lampas, black and gold, inscriptions

Sample Text Translation 'There is no conqueror but God' Note Calligraphic inscription woven in gold thread, repeated twice within lobed cartouches

Tarihsel bağlam The horizontal arrangement of the design recalls the plaster friezes of the Alhambra's walls. This example was clearly made at the high end of luxury production: its ground silk is finely woven and of deep, indigo blue. The gold thread is used ostentatiously, with most ending up on the reverse. Such expensively produced cloth bearing messages of Nasrid kingship shows that textiles were an important element in expressing dynastic power. (M. Rosser-Owen, 2010). 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 with gold thread.

Fiziksel açıklama Textile fragment with blue ground and Arabic inscription woven in gold thread.

Üslup Nasrid Islamic Spain