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Rows of cross-shaped compartments and star devices ornamented with  geometrical patterns and connected by straight lines, in bright colours on a crimson ground.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"silk (textile)","id":"AAT243428"}],"techniques":[{"text":"damask","id":"x37293"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Silk damask\r\n\r\nDye samples of this textile were analysed as part of the project “Caracterización de las 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). 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 µL of methanol/hydrochloric acid/water 1:2:1. \r\n\r\nThe results for this textile were as follows:\r\nGreen - Indigo\r\nYellow - Gualda\r\nRed - Kermes\r\nBlue - Indigo\r\nWhite - X","categories":[{"text":"Islam","id":"THES48932"},{"text":"Textiles","id":"THES48885"}],"styles":[{"text":"Islamic Spain","id":"x46389"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"MES","id":"THES48607"},"images":["2021MW5932","2009CR5268","2011FC6849","2017JX3837"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES311336"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Woven silk","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Spain","id":"x29170"},"association":{"text":"","id":""},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"15th century","earliest":"1400-01-01","latest":"1500-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"18.25","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"8","unit":"in","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Neg. 68154.\r\n\r\nBought with 11 other pieces for £ 100- from Messieurs Harris & Co (Importers of Oriental, Italian and Spanish works of art)","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). 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