Sacred Stitches: Ecclesiastical Textiles in the Rothschild Collection
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| Rating | : | 4.76 (675 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0954731034 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 80 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-15 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
His sister, Alice, also had an eye for the finest ecclesiastical embroideries, displayed as decorative hangings in her own house nearby. 1400 to the late 1700s, the textiles were acquired by several members of the Rothschild family, the greatest collectors of the 19th century, who sought the highest quality of workmanship with a keen sense of historical importance.The textiles were prized for their technical and artistic brilliance. Dating from c. Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild used them in the Bachelors’ Wing at Waddesdon, the first part of the house to be completed in 1880. Parts of altar frontals, vestments and other church furnis
"A great story of how these things get to survive in" according to Amazon Customer. A great story of how these things get to survive in the lives of collectors and the everyday reverence or irreverence of the various ways they get used. I work on some of these kinds of things and this book is a broad viewing of technique with a fairly good description of how things were made and used. Lost to us are the lives of most of the makers and the source of the materials. The pictures in the book are good and show sharpdetail of interest to the person interested in the threads and techniques.