Multi-Analytical Techniques for the Study of Burial Clothes of Polish King Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1633) and His Wife Constance Habsburg (1588–1631)

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 29; no. 1; p. 192
• Main Authors: Śliwka-Kaszyńska, Magdalena, Cybulska, Maria, Drążkowska, Anna, Kuberski, Sławomir, Karczewski, Jakub, Marzec, Anna, Rybiński, Przemysław
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 28.12.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Dyes; grave robes; metal threads; mordants; natural dyes; Scanning electron microscopy; tandem mass spectrometry; Textiles; Poland; Italy; natural dyes; scanning electron microscopy; energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy; grave robes; tandem mass spectrometry; metal threads; thermogravimetric analysis; mordants

The subjects of this research are the burial clothes of Polish King Sigismund III Vasa and his wife Constance, which were woven and embroidered with silk and metal threads. Fragments of the textiles underwent spectroscopic, spectrometric, and thermogravimetric analyses. The hydrofluoric acid extract...