The Louvre has its Mona Lisa, and the Cluny Museum, its Lady and the Unicorn. Yet with no known signature or place of fabrication, these six impressive tapestries remain mysterious and visitors all ask themselves the same question: why are the lower parts lighter than the rest of the weaving? To find out more about past restorations, researchers at the Archaeosciences laboratory in Bordeaux (southwestern France) use hyperspectral cameras as well as infrared and X-ray techniques. Their goal is to characterise each colour and, with the help of a dye maker, try to recreate recipes for dyes in the laboratory.
👩‍🔬 Featuring:
Aurélie Mounier (chercheuse CNRS) et Pauline Claisse (chercheuse CNRS) - Laboratoire Archéosciences Bordeaux (CNRS/Université Bordeaux Montaigne/Université de Bordeaux)
Béatrice de Chancel-Bardelot - Musée de Cluny
Raphaëlle Dejean et Thalia Bajon-Bouzid - restauratrices indépendantes
Charlotte Marembert - Atelier de teintures Myrobolan, Brussels, Belgium
📽 Production: CNRS Images
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Mystery 60, EightBallAudio
Downtempo, MarbleSpace
Gallery by the Sea, PaBLikMM
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