Bed cover (colcha) - with scenes from the Old Testament

Textile and Costume Collection

Accession Nr.: 89.617.1
Date of production:
early 17th century
Place of production: India
Materials: flax yarn
Techniques: chain stitch
Dimensions:
width: 213 cm
length: 263 cm

In the outer band of the wide border there are small animals among foliage and in the corners in each of the round medallions there are scenes with figures. In the narrow inside band one sees hunters and game among the trees in each of the corners there is a nymph. Th e four corners of the middle field display scenes from the Old Testament framed with a snake, with illegible ribbon-like sentences. In the middle in triple circles are hunting scenes with real and imaginary creatures. In the middle are a man and woman facing each other.

Literature

  • Karl Barbara: Flourishing scrolls and strict oriental geometry: ... decoration of a group of embroidered Colchas. CIETA Bulletin, 81. (2004). 2004. - 57-64.
  • Szerk.: Vadas József: Új szerzemények, 1987-1989. Ars Decorativa 10, 1991. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1991. - p. 133., Nr. 58. (Pásztor Emese)