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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 35.1967. 7.8 x 10.3 cm (Gift of Yamanaka & Co.). | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 35.1967. 7.8 x 10.3 cm (Gift of Yamanaka & Co.). | ||
− | Textile fragment with design of flowers and cyprus fence in yellow supplementary weft patterning on yellow twill-weave silk ground. | + | Textile fragment with design of flowers and cyprus fence in yellow supplementary weft patterning on yellow twill-weave silk ground [1]. |
− | [[File:MFA 35. | + | [[File:MFA 35.1976.PNG|center|frame|Fragment with design of flowers and cyprus fence. © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. ]] |
== Summary of results == | == Summary of results == | ||
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+ | [[File:MFA 35. 1967 result.PNG|center|frame|Two threads were collected for dye analysis, analyzed by prof. R. Laursen at Boston University]] | ||
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+ | Two gold yellow silk samples were analyzed. Berberine and other alkanoids were identified. The dyeing source was a protoberberine type, probably [http://cameo.mfa.org/wiki/Amur_cork_tree_(Phellodendrom_amurense_Rupr._Rutaceae)_LC amur cork tree]. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
− | [1] http://https://www.mfa.org/collections/ | + | [1] http://https://www.mfa.org/collections/search?search_api_views_fulltext=35.1967 |
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+ | [[Category:Dye Analysis]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Cultural Artifacts]] | ||
+ | [[Category:Textiles]] |
Revision as of 08:42, 28 August 2017
Artifact Information
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 35.1967. 7.8 x 10.3 cm (Gift of Yamanaka & Co.).
Textile fragment with design of flowers and cyprus fence in yellow supplementary weft patterning on yellow twill-weave silk ground [1].
Summary of results
Two gold yellow silk samples were analyzed. Berberine and other alkanoids were identified. The dyeing source was a protoberberine type, probably amur cork tree.
References
[1] http://https://www.mfa.org/collections/search?search_api_views_fulltext=35.1967