Report on the Textiles from Burgos Cathedral - Middelalder Centret

Fig. 11a-b
Inv. No 00653737. Photograph: Marianne Vedeler &
Concha Herrero Carretero.
pleated surface is clearly due to an aftertreatment –
the fabric being neatly folded into sharp, tiny pleats.
In others the result may have been achieved by the
spinning of the thread, in this case with a high twist
in the yarn resulting in a crepe-like surface. This
feature must have been combined with pleating the
fabric afterwards. Some of the fragments are very
creased and wrinkled and it is difficult to determine
which fragments have had a pleated surface and
which are just creased due to the tightness of the
spinning of the yarn (crepe-effect).
Fig. 7, 8, 9.
Examples of Type 3
Three of the numbers in the examined group had
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additional pleated bands sewn to the edge, these
are the numbers (00653742), (00653737) and
(00651970). The Type 3 textiles are all combined
with one of the other Types. In all three examined
pieces the additional edges are sewn to pieces with
pleated edges, forming two rows of pleats. All
three pieces also appear to have an overall pleated
surface.
Fig. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14.
Examples of Type 4
Only two of the examined textiles belonged to
Type 4 , these are the numbers (00651981) and
(00651985).
These two textiles are very different in appearance
but are clearly constructed the same way. No.