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ID: 300013085 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300013085			Record Type: concept

kermes (colorant) (<colorant for dye and pigment>, colorant (material), ... Materials (hierarchy name))

Note: Colorant made from kermesic acid that is extracted from the dried bodies of female kermes insects. Kermes dye was used since ancient times. It contains 18-32% tannins and is used for making a dark color leather.

Terms:

kermes (colorant) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)

kermes (colorant) (Dutch-P,D,U,U)

kermes lake (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

grain lake (C,U,English,UF,U,N)

kermès (colorant) (C,U,French-P,D,U,N)

kermes vermilio (C,U,French,UF,U,N)

Kermes (colorant) (C,U,German-P,D,U,N)

chermes (C,U,Italian-P,D,U,N)

quermes (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,N)

Facet/Hierarchy Code: M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Materials Facet

.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)

........ materials (substances) (G)

............ <materials by function> (G)

................ colorant (material) (G)

.................... <colorant for dye and pigment> (G)

........................ kermes (colorant) (G)

Additional Parents:

Materials Facet

.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)

........ materials (substances) (G)

............ <materials by function> (G)

................ colorant (material) (G)

.................... pigment (G)

........................ <pigment by production method> (G)

............................ lake (pigment) (G)

................................ kermes (colorant) (G)

Additional Notes:

Dutch ..... Een van de oudste typen van rode natuurlijke organische verfstof, die ook wordt gebruikt als substraatpigment, gemaakt van de lichaampjes van de vrouwelijke schildluis, Kermes vermillo Planch; voorheen onjuist aangemerkt als te zijn gemaakt van Coccus ilicis. Het is de belangrijkste kleurende component van karmijn.

Spanish ..... Uno de los tipos más antiguos de colorante orgánico natural rojo, también utilizado como pigmento para laca, preparado a partir del cuerpo del insecto coco hembra, Kermes vermillo Planch; antigüamente incorrectamente explicado que se preparaba a partir de Coccus ilicis. Es el principal componente colorante del carmín.

Related concepts:

constituent of ....	carmine (lake)
..........................	(<colorant for dye and pigment>, colorant (material), ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300013587]

constituent of ....	crimson lake (pigment)
..........................	(organic red pigment, red pigment, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300013599]

derived/made from ....	Kermes (genus)
................................	(Kermesidae (family), Coccidae (family), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300311342]

derived/made from ....	Quercus coccifera (species)
................................	(Quercus (genus), Fagaceae (family), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300311343]

Sources and Contributors:

chermes............	[VP]
.................	Feller, Artists' Pigments (1986) 255, ITA

grain lake............	[VP]
.......................	Gettens and Stout, Painting Materials (1966) 123
.......................	Personal Communication Joyce Zucker, Paintings Conservator, NY State Bureau of Historic Sites, January 1989.

kermes (colorant)............	[GCI Preferred, RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
................................	AAT-Ned (1994-)
................................	AATA database (2002-) 125312 checked 26 January 2012
................................	Brady and Clauser, Materials Handbook (1977) 413
................................	Feller, Artists' Pigments (1986) 255; 255, DEU
................................	Gettens and Stout, Painting Materials (1966) 123
................................	Harley, Artists' Pigments c.1600-1835 (1982) 131
................................	IATE: European Union Terminology (2022-)
................................	Mayer, Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques (1969) 204
................................	Personal Communication Elisabeth West Fitzhugh, Conservation scientist, rev., December 1991.
................................	Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)

Kermes (colorant)............	[VP]
................................	Feller, Artists' Pigments (1986) DEU

kermès (colorant)............	[VP]
................................	Feller, Artists' Pigments (1986) 255, FRA

kermes lake............	[VP]
.......................	Gettens and Stout, Painting Materials (1966) 123
.......................	Personal Communication Joyce Zucker, Paintings Conservator, NY State Bureau of Historic Sites, January 1989.

kermes vermilio............	[VP]
.............................	Feller, Artists' Pigments (1986) 255, FRA

quermes............	[CDBP-SNPC Preferred, VP]
.................	Feller, Artists' Pigments (1986) 255, ESP
.................	Mayer, Materiales y técnicas del arte, 1985 683


Subject: .....	[CDBP-SNPC, GCI, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............	AATA database (2002-) 125312 checked 26 January 2012
............	IATE: European Union Terminology (2022-)


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-)
Dutch	..........	[RKD, AAT-Ned]
	..........	AAT-Ned (1994-)
	..........	IATE: European Union Terminology (2022-)
Spanish	..........	[CDBP-SNPC]
	..........	TAA database (2000-)

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