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Table 2 SEM-EDS analyses of metal wrappings

From: Analysis of natural dyes and metal threads used in 16th -18th century Persian/Safavid and Indian/Mughal velvets by HPLC-PDA and SEM-EDS to investigate the system to differentiate velvets of these two cultures

Identification

 

Weight %

Width

 

MMA Acc. No:

 

Ag

Cu

(mm)

Gilding

27.51.2

Persian

98.8

1.2

0.34

G

27.51.1

Persian

96.8

3.2

0.32

G

1972.26

Persian

99.5

0.5

0.14

NG

52.20.13

Persian

98.3

1.7

0.20

G

52.20.11

Persian

99.0

1.0

0.27

G

1972.189

Persian

97.7

2.3

0.24

G

14.67

Persian

97.6

2.4

0.14

G

12.72.5

Persian

96.0

4.0

0.12

G

  

98.6

1.4

0.14

NG

46.156.5

Persian

98.9

1.1

0.25

G

  

99.3

0.7

0.46

NG

30.59

Persian

99.2

0.8

0.17

NG

  

98.3

1.7

0.26

G

11.134.1

Persian

97.8

2.2

0.13

G

2002.494.667

Persian

97.8

2.2

0.25

G

30.95.140

Persian

97.5

2.5

0.20

G

27.115

Indian

99.8

0.2

0.28

NG

  

99.7

0.3

0.27

G

30.18

Indian

99.8

0.2

0.23

G

1983.494.7b

Indian

99.8

0.2

0.19

G

1974.272.1

Indian

99.8

0.2

0.34

G

  1. Weight percentages of silver and copper detected in each sample are provided, as well as the width of the metal wrappings in millimeters. The presence of a gilding layer is indicated by G, with NG for not gilded. The results are organized by the individual textiles, listed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art accession numbers.