English Medieval Embroidery

Author : Clare Browne
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ISBN 13 : 9780300259988
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Medieval Embroidery written by Clare Browne and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to the design, production and use of luxury embroideries in medieval England (c. 1200-1530) In medieval Europe, embroidered textiles were indispensable symbols of wealth and power. Owing to their quality, complexity and magnificence, English embroideries enjoyed international demand and can be traced in Continental sources as opus anglicanum (English work). Essays by leading experts explore the embroideries' artistic and social context, while catalogue entries examine individual masterpieces. Medieval embroiderers lived in a tightly knit community in London, and many were women who can be identified by name. Comparisons between their work and contemporary painting challenge modern assumptions about the hierarchy of artistic media. Contributors consider an outstanding range of examples, highlighting their craftsmanship and exploring the world in which they were created.

Author : Charles Henry HARTSHORNE
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
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Download or read book English Medieval Embroidery written by Charles Henry HARTSHORNE and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alexandra Lester-Makin
Publisher : Oxbow Books
ISBN 13 : 1789251478
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World written by Alexandra Lester-Makin and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This latest title in the highly successful Ancient Textiles series is the first substantial monograph-length historiography of early medieval embroideries and their context within the British Isles. The book brings together and analyses for the first time all 43 embroideries believed to have been made in the British Isles and Ireland in the early medieval period. New research carried out on those embroideries that are accessible today, involving the collection of technical data, stitch analysis, observations of condition and wear-marks and microscopic photography supplements a survey of existing published and archival sources. The research has been used to write, for the first time, the ‘story’ of embroidery, including what we can learn of its producers, their techniques, and the material functions and metaphorical meanings of embroidery within early medieval Anglo-Saxon society. The author presents embroideries as evidence for the evolution of embroidery production in Anglo-Saxon society, from a community-based activity based on the extended family, to organized workshops in urban settings employing standardized skill levels and as evidence of changing material use: from small amounts of fibers produced locally for specific projects to large batches brought in from a distance and stored until needed. She demonstrate that embroideries were not simply used decoratively but to incorporate and enact different meanings within different parts of society: for example, the newly arrived Germanic settlers of the fifth century used embroidery to maintain links with their homelands and to create tribal ties and obligations. As such, the results inform discussion of embroidery contexts, use and deposition, and the significance of this form of material culture within society as well as an evaluation of the status of embroiderers within early medieval society. The results contribute significantly to our understanding of production systems in Anglo-Saxon England and Ireland.

Author : Kay Staniland
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780802069153
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Embroiderers written by Kay Staniland and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the work of medieval embroiderers, including vestments, altar cloths, clothes, and wall-hangings, and discusses their techniques, how they acquired their skills, and embroiderers' guilds

Author : Michael A. Michael
Publisher : Harvey Miller
ISBN 13 : 9781909400412
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Age of Opus Anglicanum written by Michael A. Michael and published by Harvey Miller. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The papers gathered in this publicatioin are the fruits of a Symposium day held at the Victoria and Albert Museum on 15th February 2013"--Page 7.

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Download or read book MS.8932 written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mary Schoeser
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ISBN 13 : 9780953326501
Total Pages : 180 pages
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Download or read book The Watts Book of Embroidery written by Mary Schoeser and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 310 pages
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Download or read book English Medieval Embroidery written by and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kathleen Epstein
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ISBN 13 : 9780963333193
Total Pages : 109 pages
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Download or read book British Embroidery written by Kathleen Epstein and published by . This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Henry Hartshorne
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 132 pages
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Download or read book English Medieval Embroidery written by Charles Henry Hartshorne and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: