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Woven silk

Title	Woven silk
Author	Unknown
Publication Place	Armant (made) -
Subject	Textiles Africa
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 2.25in, Width: 17.5in, Of frame mount width: 1115mm, Of frame mount height: 570mm, Of frame mount depth: 80mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1385-1888
Record ID	1385-1888
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Strip of silk, woven with a pattern of circles placed close together, each having in the middle, a four-petalled rose, an inner border of small quatrefoils and an outer border of curved stems. In the intervening spaces are rosettes. The pattern is in red, green, yellow and white on a red ground.
İlişki	Greville Chester
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Dye samples of this textile were analysed as part of the project âCaracterizaciÃ³n de las producciones textiles de la AntigÃ¼edad TardÃa y Edad Media temprana: tejidos coptos, sasÃ¡nidas, bizantinos e hispanomusulmanes en las colecciones pÃºblicas espaÃ±olasâ (âCharacterization of Late Antique and Early Medieval textile production: Coptic, Sasanian, Byzantine and Spanish Muslim textiles in Spanish national collectionsâ) (HAR2008-04161) directed by Dr Laura RodrÃguez Peinado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Dpt. de Historia del Arte I (Medieval). Analysis was conducted by Enrique Parra at the Alfonso X El Sabio University, Madrid. The dyes were analysed through high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), extracting threads with a thickness varying between 5 and 1mm by means of 100 ÂµL of methanol/hydrochloric acid/water 1:2:1. The results for this textile were as follows: Green - Indigo & Madder Yellow - Not detected Straw coloured - Not detected Reddish - Not detected Silk (Textile) Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Strip of silk, woven with a pattern of circles placed close together, each having in the middle, a four-petalled rose, an inner border of small quatrefoils and an outer border of curved stems. In the intervening spaces are rosettes. The pattern is in red, green, yellow and white on a red ground.

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Woven silk

Author Unknown

Publication Place Armant (made) -

Subject Textiles Africa

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 2.25in, Width: 17.5in, Of frame mount width: 1115mm, Of frame mount height: 570mm, Of frame mount depth: 80mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1385-1888

Record ID 1385-1888

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Strip of silk, woven with a pattern of circles placed close together, each having in the middle, a four-petalled rose, an inner border of small quatrefoils and an outer border of curved stems. In the intervening spaces are rosettes. The pattern is in red, green, yellow and white on a red ground.

İlişki Greville Chester

Malzemeler ve teknikler Dye samples of this textile were analysed as part of the project âCaracterizaciÃ³n de las producciones textiles de la AntigÃ¼edad TardÃa y Edad Media temprana: tejidos coptos, sasÃ¡nidas, bizantinos e hispanomusulmanes en las colecciones pÃºblicas espaÃ±olasâ (âCharacterization of Late Antique and Early Medieval textile production: Coptic, Sasanian, Byzantine and Spanish Muslim textiles in Spanish national collectionsâ) (HAR2008-04161) directed by Dr Laura RodrÃguez Peinado, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Dpt. de Historia del Arte I (Medieval). Analysis was conducted by Enrique Parra at the Alfonso X El Sabio University, Madrid. The dyes were analysed through high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), extracting threads with a thickness varying between 5 and 1mm by means of 100 ÂµL of methanol/hydrochloric acid/water 1:2:1. The results for this textile were as follows: Green - Indigo & Madder Yellow - Not detected Straw coloured - Not detected Reddish - Not detected Silk (Textile) Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Strip of silk, woven with a pattern of circles placed close together, each having in the middle, a four-petalled rose, an inner border of small quatrefoils and an outer border of curved stems. In the intervening spaces are rosettes. The pattern is in red, green, yellow and white on a red ground.