Altar cushion - with a bust of a female saint (?)
| Accession Nr.: | 82.345.1 |
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| Date of production: |
second half of the 16th cent.
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| Place of production: | Spain (presumably); Italy (presumably) |
| Materials: | gold coloured metal yarn; silk damask; silk yarn; velvet |
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| Techniques: | applied embroidery; metal thread embroidery; nué (shaded gold) embroidery; split stitch |
| Dimensions: |
length: 39 cm
width: 53 cm
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Small round medallion enclosed by symmetrical leaved foliage joined by ribbon and ring. The medallion once showed the bust of a female saint. Floral motifs had an ever increasing role in the decoration of 16th century embroidery. They were mainly foliate motifs, often in the form of a scroll, intertwined with tendrils or ribbons and ending in a large floral blossom or a grotesque animal head. Figures appeared only in the round medallions placed on the curves of the symmetrical foliage.
Literature
- Szerk.: Pataki Judit: Művészet és Mesterség. CD-ROM. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1999. - textil 52.
- Szerk.: Péter Márta: Reneszánsz és manierizmus. Az európai iparművészet korszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1988. - Nr. 31.
