European Textiles
Title | European Textiles PDF eBook |
Author | Christa C. Mayer-Thurman |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Tapestry |
ISBN | 0870999893 |
This volume catalogues the more than 250 textiles and objects made of fabric that were part of Robert Lehman's bequest to the Metropolitan Museum in 1975. Many of these textiles were used as hangings, covers, or upholstery to embellish the Lehmans' elegant townhouse in Manhattan. They represent sixty-five years of assembling, owning, and living with historic fabrics on a day-to-day basis, and they document an American style of living and interior decoration that has largely disappeared. Among the highlights of the collection are two series of embroidered roundels from fifteenth-century Flanders that illustrate the lives of Saints Martin and Catherine of Alexandria; four large tapestries, including the Last Supper after Bernaert van Orley that is arguably the finest Renaissance tapestry in an American collection; and a number of ecclesiastical vestments and panels of magnificent silks and velvets in an array of techniques and styles that span six centuries. Comparative illustrations supplement the catalogue entries. Glossary, bibliography, and index. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Catalogue of European Textiles, Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets, Tapestries ...
Title | Catalogue of European Textiles, Fine Oriental Rugs and Carpets, Tapestries ... PDF eBook |
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Release | 1960 |
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European Textiles
Title | European Textiles PDF eBook |
Author | Christa C. Mayer-Thurman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Textile design |
ISBN | 9780691093277 |
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Catalogue of European Textiles ... Oriental Rugs and Carpets and English and Continental Furniture
Title | Catalogue of European Textiles ... Oriental Rugs and Carpets and English and Continental Furniture PDF eBook |
Author | Sotheby & Co. (London, England) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 1958 |
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North European Textiles Until AD 1000
Title | North European Textiles Until AD 1000 PDF eBook |
Author | Lise Bender Jørgensen |
Publisher | Aarhus Universitetsforlag |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
This book is firstly an enormous catalogue of all textile finds from prehistoric, Roman and medieval contexts in Great Britain, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland and Scandinavia. This data is used to show that the first steps towards organized textile production in northern Europe were taken more than 2,500 years ago, and that the industry that was to centre itself around the English Channel and North Sea coastal areas played an important part in the rise of the Carolingian Empire and Anglo-Saxon England.
Catalogue of European Textiles ... Oriental Rugs and Carpets and English and Continental Furniture
Title | Catalogue of European Textiles ... Oriental Rugs and Carpets and English and Continental Furniture PDF eBook |
Author | Sotheby's (Firm) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 29 |
Release | 1958 |
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Catalogue of Eastern and European Textiles, Oriental and European Rugs and Carpets ...
Title | Catalogue of Eastern and European Textiles, Oriental and European Rugs and Carpets ... PDF eBook |
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Pages | 30 |
Release | 1960 |
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