Embroidered devotional picture - With the depiction of St. John the Apostle

Textile and Costume Collection

Accession Nr.: 17871
Date of production:
mid 18th century
Place of production: Austria
Materials: limewood; metal yarn; silk; silk yarn
Techniques: bullion embroidery; gold plated
Dimensions:
height: 18 cm
width: 10,5 cm
The twelve oval frames have the following ornament: a small canopy at the top with a burning heart below on the two sides scroll and foliage motifs. Below, in two cartouches of foliated scrolls, the black-printed inscriptions of the names of the apostles. In the middle, covered with glass on a natural coloured silk base with close buttonhole stitch are the half-length portraits of the apostles with their attributes. The faces and hands are made with smaller stitches, the cloaks and the back-ground with bigger ones. The half-length portraits are framed with satin-stitch embroidered bands of metal thread decorated with bouillon.

Literature

  • Szerk.: Szilágyi András, Péter Márta: Barokk és rokokó. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 7.18. (Pásztor Emese)