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Late-Medieval and Reinaissance Textiles (Paperback)
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After goldsmiths work, tapestries and embroideries were among the
costliest art forms of the Middle Ages, due to their precious
materials and the countless hours required to produce them. Whether
hung on the wall or worn about the person, textiles provided a
potent display of their owners' wealth and status. Their vivid
decoration also provided the perfect backdrop for courtly pageants,
royal ceremonies, and liturgical festivals. Even the quickest
glance at late medieval paintings shows just how forcefully
textiles shaped the visual texture of the occasions they depict.
Though always the works of specialist craftsmen, in the later
Middle Ages textiles were often made following designs supplied by
the leading painters and designers of their age. Yet only a tiny
fraction of what was made has survived. The fragility of the
fabrics, light damage and insects, together with alterations of
use, have made this material extremely rare. This catalogue
includes thirty-six late medieval and Renaissance textiles, many
published for the first time, that together span a period of almost
two hundred years. They are organised by country, starting with
otherwise unrecorded examples of 'opus anglicanum' made in English
workshops between around 1400 and the eve of the Reformation. They
are followed by textiles from France, the Netherlands, Germany,
Italy and Spain. Different materials and classes of textile are
grouped together within each of these regional divisions. For
instance, liturgical vestments and altar hangings sit side by side
with sumptuous velvets and delicately embroidered tablecloths.
Together, they encapsulate the incredible breadth of Europe's
flourishing textile industries during this period. Rosamund Garrett
and Matthew Reeves have carefully recorded the physical structure,
processes of manufacture, and condition of these remarkable and
sometimes complex works, and have situated them within the wider
contexts of their production and the cultural climate in which they
were made.
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