Endrei Walter szerk.: Textilipari Múzeum Évkönyve 8. 1995 (Budapest, 1995)

dr. Márta Járó: Manufacturing technique of gold threads and their imitations on museum textiles - chronology of the preparation of metal threads. Results of the scientific investigations

According to the analythical data up to now we can put, the date of the technical change between the 15th and the 16th century. It can be seen from the above described cases that the examination of the position of the gold layer on the silver strip is very important in case of these metal threads. (b) Fig. 5 a. Metal thread taken from the funeral garment of Anne of Antiochia, first wife of the Hungarian king Béla III. (1184), photo taken by scanning electronmicroscope Marker: 0.1 mm. b. Photo taken by scanning electronmicroscope of the cross-section of the metal thread: c. and d. The localization of gold resp. of silver (white parts) on the cross-section of the metal (element distribution map made by energy dispersive X-ray analysis) Marker: 0.1 mm.