Telephone House, High Street, Southampton: An investigation of medieval gold threads
Author(s): Neil Hall
Gold threads were recovered from a burial at Southampton’s medieval friary and can be dated to between 1368 and 1558. They were examined using XRF and SEM and were found to be made using gilded silver wound around a silk core.
- Report Number:
- 20/2007
- Series:
- Research Department Reports
- Pages:
- 4
- Keywords:
- Gold Medieval Technology Textile