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The colour of Valencian silk fabrics in the European market (1475-1513)

  • Germán Navarro Espinach
  • Joaquín Aparici Martí

Our research compares guild ordinances, judicial proceedings, technical manuals of dyeing and especially fiscal sources in the Valencian archives to check the fashion trends on the colour of silks fabrics during the 15th-16th centuries in relation to what was happening in the European market at that time. The silk declarations in Valencia city from 1475 to 1513 makes it possible to establish a database of 3,871 fiscal registers with more than 90,000 meters of Valencian textiles (100,220 varas or alnes). The 73.47 percent of them was in black. This colour was also fashionable in the silk industry of Genoa, from where there was an important technological transfer to Valencia through the immigration of technical masters, workers and specialized businessmen.

  • Keywords:
  • Silk,
  • Trade,
  • Colour,
  • Fashion,
  • Technological Innovation,
  • Valencia,
  • 15th-16th Century,
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Germán Navarro Espinach

University of Zaragoza, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-4225-2279

Joaquín Aparici Martí

Universitat Jaume I, Spain - ORCID: 0000-0002-8102-4033

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Chapter Title

The colour of Valencian silk fabrics in the European market (1475-1513)

Authors

Germán Navarro Espinach, Joaquín Aparici Martí

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English

DOI

10.36253/978-88-5518-565-3.07

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2022

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La moda come motore economico: innovazione di processo e prodotto, nuove strategie commerciali, comportamento dei consumatori / Fashion as an economic engine: process and product innovation, commercial strategies, consumer behavior

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Giampiero Nigro

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422

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2022

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Firenze University Press

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10.36253/978-88-5518-565-3

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Datini Studies in Economic History

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2975-1241

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