Silk image - Bust of Ferdinand V.

Textile and Costume Collection

Accession Nr.: 52.1813.1
Manufacturer: Valero silk factory (Budapest)
Inscription: b. l.: Pesten júliusban 1846
Materials: silk
Techniques: woven
Dimensions:
length: 40 cm
width: 29 cm

Woven with shades of gray against a greenish- grey base. The corners are decorated with rosettes, while the sides are lined by garlands of lilies. The middle depicts the bust of Ferdinand V, dressed in a dolman with strings and with a coat, braided with fur, decorated with strings and medals, thrown over his left shoulder. The back-ground shows a plaited curtain, enriched with fringes, and a high fur cap with strings and feathers, placed on a stand in front of the curtain. There is a woven inscription under the border: V. FERDINÁND / Legkegyelmesebb Urunk szeretett Királyunk, / Éljen! Éljen! Éljen! / Pesten Juliusban 1846 mély hódolással ajánlva / Valeró selyem gyárából.

The picture was woven for the 1846 exhibition of decorative arts, following the engraving of Lajos Biborczfalvi Szekely. There is a piece of identical size and technique, framed with the national colours of Hungary, in the collection of the Budapest Museum of Applied Arts

Literature

  • Szerk.: Lovag Zsuzsa: Az Iparművészeti Múzeum. (kézirat). Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1994. - Nr. 93.
  • Szerk.: Péter Márta: A klasszicizmustól a biedermeierig. Az európai iparművészet stíluskorszakai. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 1990. - Nr. 3.102. (Tompos Lilla)