Conservation of a 12th-century textile

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Conservation of a 12th-century textile

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8 жыл бұрын

Find out how conservator Anna Harrison approached the conservation of this very fragile 12th-century textile from the tomb of the Sicilian king Henry VI.
Discover more about the island of Sicily in our #SicilyExhibition.
Sicily: culture and conquest
21 April - 14 August 2016
Find out more and book tickets: goo.gl/wTsDzC
Sponsored by Julius Baer.
In collaboration with Regione Siciliana

Пікірлер: 41

@christinecameron1612 5 жыл бұрын

DEAR BRITISH MUSEUM: Please please please pretty please with a cherry on top, can you guys have 1 of these made today using historical methods, and put out a video?? it would be a wonderful reference piece, and a pretty cool project for some historical fabrics expert to make.

@chumleyk 3 жыл бұрын

Donate for it to be done then.

@quietquitter6103 Жыл бұрын

Mires exist, they are everywhere for such reference.

@nellinightshade3358 6 жыл бұрын

wow. yet more history preserved. the weaving and embroidery is just spectacular.

@crittert7828 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you all for saving history 🎈

@mimanda 8 жыл бұрын

I like how the context and history was given

@fododude 5 жыл бұрын

Fabric from the 12th CENTURY?? I tried to preserve my Star Wars shirt from the seventies. No dice.

@psammiad 4 жыл бұрын

Slight confusion - he was actually Henry I of Sicily, more commonly called the Holy Roman Emperor Henry VI. By his grave goods being "distributed to collectors", they tactfully mean shamelessly grave-robbed and sold to the highest bidder!

@HelenMyers 8 жыл бұрын

Many thanks - fascinating to see you at work and to hear how passionate you all are about your work.

@MicaRayan 3 жыл бұрын

Intriguing that it lasts so long😮 Brilliant conservation works

@LizMcNamara47 5 жыл бұрын

Is there no transparent netting available? I felt the dyed netting obscured the detail slightly.

@rubadux 8 жыл бұрын

Interestingly, a king (a layman, though annointed and chosen for his office "by God's grace") would be entombed wearing not a crown but a mitre, not secular at all, but usually a headgear designating higher church prelates.

@GhostNighty 8 жыл бұрын

Norman Kings got power symbols used by Byzantine emperors (and art style too). In Byzantine Empire emperors had an important role in religious issues (this behaviour is called cesaropapism) and beacuse of this they wore a crown similar to a mitre. If you look at Martorana mosaic in which King Roger II is crowned by Christ, Roger wears a crown of that kind.

@rubadux 8 жыл бұрын

Barbara Milano this Norman-Byzantine connection was new to me. Thanks a lot for the explanation! BTW The king is also wearing a broad (eastern style) stola and what resembles a Deacon's Tunica complete with an ornate Manipulum: c8.alamy.com/comp/DKP5KY/christ-crowning-king-roger-byzantine-mosaic-of-church-santa-maria-DKP5KY.jpg

@GhostNighty 8 жыл бұрын

You're welcome :)

@pyewackett5 6 жыл бұрын

I embroidered a Sassainian Senmurv once. It was in a roundel. I'm a decorative arts nerd...

@wokeeye6441 6 жыл бұрын

pyewacket 5 That is fine but don't damage your work and sell it as an authentic ancient textile.

@pyewackett5 6 жыл бұрын

Eye Pop Compilations Eh... ?? I jus love Sassanian designs

@wokeeye6441 6 жыл бұрын

pyewacket 5 Keepin my eyes on you ;)

@pyewackett5 6 жыл бұрын

Eye Pop Compilations Mebbe you should keep yr eyez on ebay then under the category of 7th century embroideries for sale... ; ))

@dragonmaid1360 4 жыл бұрын

Damn you tube can't upload a pic. I'd like to see that

@itsdatanotdata Жыл бұрын

Body fluids?!?

@Immanuel6468 4 жыл бұрын

I learnt

@wanketta 5 жыл бұрын

Before and after comparison photos, please!

@jimorr820 3 жыл бұрын

Why is a king wearing a bishop's mitre?

@quietquitter6103 Жыл бұрын

They shared some pseudo clerical office vestments on account of the belief they were annointed by God.

@KarlaJTanner 4 жыл бұрын

I fucking love these videos!

@gggreggg 3 жыл бұрын

the guy in the blue sweater is so charming and handsome as hell.

@rock4us2 2 жыл бұрын

Why do they always get these videos wrong. We don't come here to hear people talking and talking and talking. I was hoping to actually seeing the fabric being cleaned or something, anything expect having peiple talking and talking and talking

@marcuswardle3180 4 ай бұрын

Any conservation work is very long and would appear to be very boring. Dealing with paper preservation it took me a whole day to unravel a scrunched up newspaper! That was the easy one!

@rock4us2 4 ай бұрын

@@marcuswardle3180 we watch Jesse Muller and Andrew Cammara +3 hrs long video, remove the talking and give us that content with a calm background and see if we won't watch

@dragonmaid1360 4 жыл бұрын

I get why but that is so macabre.

@anthonyvv1523 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t even wash my own clothes

@oliverwilson11 6 жыл бұрын

Is this stolen

@jeffreyquinn3820 4 жыл бұрын

Take any random museum artifact acquired before the early 1950's. If it wasn't from an archeological or anthropoligical dig, the answer is probably yes.

@quietquitter6103 Жыл бұрын

They state clearly, yet tactfully that it was. Yes.