PUBLICATIONS

2024 Santos, R. "Art Matters: A Pilot Program for Conservation Outreach for the International Baccalaureate® (IB) Primary Years Programme (PYP)" in E. Chase, L. Hoffman and M. Lasnoski (eds), Conservation Outreach for Early Learners: Preserving Cultural Heritage for the Future. New York, NY: Routledge (Forthcoming).

2021 Santos, R. and Hallett, J. “Interwoven knowledge: The understanding and conservation of three Islamic carpets” in A. Gerritsen and G. Riello (eds), Writing Material Culture History, 2nd edition, pp. 257-264. London: Bloomsbury Publisher Ltd.

2020 Santos, R., McCarthy, B., Claro, A. and Hallett, J. "Colour Power: The Study of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-century knotted Pile Carpets", in M. Dusenbury (ed), The Textile Museum Journal, 47, Texas: Texas University Press.

2020 Santos, R., Claro, A., Serrano, A., Ferreira, M. J. and Hallett, J. "Textiles, Trade and Taste – Portugal and the World (TTT): A Project on the Global Circulation of Textiles and Dyes, in M. Dusenbury (ed), The Textile Museum Journal, 47, Texas: Texas University Press.

2018 Santos, R. "Persian, Indian or Indo-Persian? The Study of Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-century knotted Pile Carpets", in Y. Kadoi (ed), Persian Art: Image-Making in Eurasia, pp. 116-132. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

2017 Santos, R. New Carpets for New Markets: The Production and Consumption of ‘Indo-Persian’ carpets, 16th and 17th centuries. Doctoral Dissertation, Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, New University of Lisbon.

2015 Santos, R., Sousa, M. M., Hallett, J., Sarraguça, J., Oliveira, M. C., Simmonds, M. S. J., Nesbitt, M. “Analysis of Kerria and Paratachardina Genera Using HPLC-DAD, MS and Multivariate Data Analysis for Identifying Lac-dye Sources in Historical Textiles”, Dyes and Pigments,118, pp. 129-136.

2014 Santos, R. and Hallett, J. “Interwoven knowledge: The understanding and conservation of three Islamic carpets” in A. Gerritsen and G. Riello (eds), Writing Material Culture History, pp. 257-264. London: Bloomsbury Publisher Ltd.

2011 Frade, C., Cruz, P., Lopes, E., Sousa, M., Hallett, J., Santos, R., Aguiar-Ricardo, A., Casimiro, T. “Cleaning classical Persian carpets with silk and precious metal thread: conservation and ethical considerations”, ICOM-CC 16th Triennal Conference, Lisbon, 19-23 September, Lisbon, International Council of Museums.

2010 Santos, R. The discovery of three lost ‘Salting’ carpets: Science as a tool for revealing their history. Master dissertation, New University of Lisbon, Portugal.

Academic Publications

- Claude Bernard -

“The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel”

Communications

2018 R. Santos, J. Hallett, A. Claro, M. J. Ferreira, A. Serrano, A. Torres. Textiles, Trade and Taste - Portugal and the World: what happened after 8 years in 37th Dyes in History and Archaeology, 25-26th October, Caparica, Portugal. (Oral communication)

2018 R. Santos. Shifting Patterns, Fitting Tastes: Knotted Pile Carpet Industries in Dressing the Early Modern Network Conference, Abegg-Stiftung, 27-28th September, Riggisberg, Switzerland. (Oral communication)

2016 R. Santos. Methods to the study of Indo-Persian carpets in 9th Annual SI-Conservation Conference from Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, 9th June, Washington, DC, USA. (Oral communication)

2016 R. Santos. The Arts of the loom: 17th-century knotted pile carpets in Research in Progress Talk from Freer and Sackler Galleries of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 22th June, Washington DC, USA. (Oral communication)

2015 R. Santos, J. Hallett, A. Claro, B. McCarthy. Enlightening approaches to Indo-Persian carpets in 43rd AIC Annual Meeting,13-16th May, Miami, FL, USA. (Poster communication)

2014 R. Santos. ‘Indo-Persian’ Carpets: Their Production and Consumption 16th and 17th-centuries in Research in Progress Talk at Freer and Sackler Galleries of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 20th February, Washington DC, USA. (Oral communication)

2013 R. Santos, J. Hallett, A. Claro, B. McCarthy. Evolving Industries: Identifying Yellow Dyes in 17th-century ‘Indo-Persian’ carpets in 32th Dyes in History and Archaeology, 3-4th October, La Rochelle, France. (Oral communication)

2012 J. Hallett, A. Claro, A. Serrano, R. Santos. Textiles, Trade and Taste: A research project on the global circulation of color in Textile Archaeology and Conservation, 17th October, New Delhi, India. (Oral communication)

2011 C. Frade, P. Cruz, E. Lopes, M. M. Sousa, J. Hallett, R. Santos, A. Aguiar-Ricardo, T. Casimiro. Cleaning classical Persian carpets with silk and precious metal thread: conservation and ethical considerations in ICOM-CC 16th Triennal Conference, 19-23th September, Lisbon, Portugal. (Oral communication)

2011 C. Frade, P. Cruz, E. Lopes, M. M. Sousa, J. Hallett, R. Santos, A. Aguiar-Ricardo, T. Casimiro. Cleaning classical Persian carpets with silk and precious metal thread: conservation and ethical considerations in III Jornadas ARP, 15-16th December, Lisbon, Portugal. (Oral communication)

2011 R. Santos. No trilho dos tapetes ‘Salting’: Ciência enquanto ferramenta histórica in Ciclo de seminários Encontros sobre Arte e Império, CHAM (FCSH-UNL), Lisbon, Portugal. (Oral communication)

2011 R. Santos, J. Hallett, M. M. Sousa. The Mystery of three Persian carpets in 29th Dyes in History and Archaeology, 11-12th November, Lisbon, Portugal. (Oral communication)

Online Publications

2015 Freer|Sackler, the Smithsonian’s museums of Asian art - Scientific Research Project: The so-called 'Indo-Persian' carpets