Precious Textile Materials: The Case of the Embroidery with a Possible Pentecost Scene in the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas

This paper presents the technology of the metallic threads used in the textiles of the Middle Ages trough the study of an embroidery fragment preserved in the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas. The origin and the development of the metallic threads technology are explained, including the different...

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Main Author: Ana Cabrera Lafuente
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2015-02-01
Series:Anales de Historia del Arte
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Online Access:http://revistasculturales.ucm.es/index.php/ANHA/article/view/48267