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Each design unit contains an eight-pointed star, a quatrefoil \r\nand 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. \r\n\r\nTextiles 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.\r\n\r\nSuch 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.","physicalDescription":"An intricately designed geometric pattern predominately in red and yellow.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"}],"techniques":[{"text":"woven","id":"AAT53642"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silk lampas weave","categories":[{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"},{"text":"Islam","id":"THES48932"}],"styles":[{"text":"Hispano-Moresque","id":"AAT21014"},{"text":"Nasrid","id":"AAT21611"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MES","id":"THES48607"},"images":["2006AM7716","2011FC6807","2017JX3533"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"A","id":"THES304271"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Woven silk","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Spain","id":"x29170"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"14th century","earliest":"1300-01-01","latest":"1400-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"56","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"47.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"2.3","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"plus board","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":" ","type":"","note":""},{"content":" ","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"Previously thought to be from Almeria, Southern Spain.","historicalContext":"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).","briefDescription":"Middle East, Textile. Silk lampas with a geometric pattern, south-east Spain (perhaps Granada), 1300-1400.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>The Arts of Islam</u>, Catalogue of the exhibition held at Hayward Gallery 8 April- 4 July, 1976, The Arts Council of Great Britain, 1976. 396p., ill. ISBN 0 7287 0081 6 paper bound, 07287 0080 8 cloth bound. Catalogue entry 18, p81"},{"reference":{"text":"Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. <u>Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion</u>. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6.","id":"AUTH389403"},"details":"This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)","free":""}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Jameel Gallery \r\n\r\nSilk with Geometric Design\r\nSouth-east Spain, possibly Granada\r\n1300-1400\r\n\r\nThe pattern, which appears continuous, has been adapted to the system of 'repeats' 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.  This pattern of interlaced geometric motifs is typical of the Hispano-Moresque silks produced in Spain during the period of Muslim role.  Such silks were imported into other parts of Europe and used for both dress and furnishings.  \r\n\r\nSilk thread in lampas weave\r\n\r\nMuseum no. 1312-1864","date":{"text":"2006-2012","earliest":"2006-01-01","latest":"2012-12-31"}},{"text":"Heavy silk woven material on a red satin ground in expressive moorish style. [...] One can find such moorisch ornaments in Andalusian architectural tilework from the moorish period, especially in the Alhambra. The star shapes with the Fleur de Lis are characteristic for the Spanish moorish silk industry by the end of the 13th century. This piece was bought in Florence as a 'Dorsal bekleidung' (presumably a piece of cloth to cover the back) from a large wooden Maria statue. \r\nTranslation from German of Dr. Bock's Revise, 1883 - by N. Swaep. For the German text, see the registers.","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["1312-1864"],"accessionNumberNum":"1312","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":1864,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":["2019LP5569","2019LT3073","2019LU9852"],"recordModificationDate":"2026-02-17","recordCreationDate":"1999-12-15","availableToBook":true}}