Report on the Textiles from Burgos Cathedral - Middelalder Centret

<strong>Report</strong> on the Textiles in Patrimonio Nacional,
Palacio Real:
Textile Analysis
From textile studies in Palacio Real, Madrid, 4-6.9.2006
Marianne Vedeler, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo
On September 4-6th, 2006, a simple tecniqual
analysis of silk bands with frilled edges was
undertaken by Marianne Vedeler, under supervision
of conservator Concha Herrero Carretero. Camilla
Luise Dahl and myself were shown 11 textiles from
the monastery Santa Maria la Real de Huelgas in
Burgos. The bands have most likely been used for
head dressing, and secondarily as part of the burial
costume. The bands are primarily made of silk,
some of them with elements of metalwork. Four of
the presented textiles where examined in regard to
textile analysis by me: No 653742, No 653737, No
651983 and No 651981.
No 653742
From unidentified grave in the monastery Santa
María la Real de Huelgas, Burgos.
Material: Silk
1
A band with frilled edges. Length: 267 cm, width:
13 cm. Edges with thicker warp in 1, 5-1, 6 cm
width from each selvedge. The textile is pleated in
both sides. A ribbon is sewn to one of the bands
selvages. The ribbon is also pleated, but here the
pleating is tighter than in the primary band. The
ribbon is probably pleated separately form the main
band.
There are five stripes in red, brown and white in one
end of the band.
Fig. 1
Central part of the band:
Golden silk made in tabby, z/z-spun, with 36-38/24-
26 threads pr cm in warp and weft. The thickness of
the threads are approximately 0, 1-0, 2 mm in both
thread systems.
Fig. 2
Fig. 1
No 653742. A band with
frilled edges. Length: 267
cm, width: 13 cm. Edges
with thicker warp in 1,
5-1, 6 cm width from each
selvedge.
Photograph: Marianne
Vedeler.