Palaeoproteomics and microanalysis reveal techniques of production of animal-based metal threads in medieval textiles

Abstract Animal-based metal threads were largely used between the 10th and the fifteenth century, in European, Middle Eastern and Far Eastern textile productions for the decoration of textiles and cloths. They belong to a larger group of metal threads, used either as flat threads or wrapped around a...

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Main Authors: Cristina Scibè, Kira Eng-Wilmot, Thomas Lam, Isetta Tosini, Maria José González López, Caroline Solazzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-03-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54480-4