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English Tapestries at Burlington House
12/1955 | 633 | 97
Pages: 388+390-391
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Wingfield Digby, George (Wingfield Digby, George; D., G. F. W.; Digby, G. F. Wingfield; Digby, George Wingfield; Digby, G. W.; Digby, G. Wingfield)
Subjects
artists:
Vanderbank, John
artists:
Morris, Joshua
dates:
1950-1959
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
subjects:
Textiles / Tapestries / Exhibitions
subjects:
Classical mythology / Mortlake tapestries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
35. Tapestry Woven by Joshua Morris of Soho (Probably after Designs by Andien de Clermont); Second Quarter of Eighteenth Century. (Viscount Cobham, Hagley Hall.)
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English Tapestries at Birmingham
09/1951 | 582 | 93
Pages: 294-296
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Wingfield Digby, George (Wingfield Digby, George; D., G. F. W.; Digby, G. F. Wingfield; Digby, George Wingfield; Digby, G. W.; Digby, G. Wingfield)
Subjects
artists:
Cleyn, Francis
dates:
1950-1959
dates:
1600-1699
museums and institutions:
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Great Britain
places:
England / Birmingham
subjects:
Textiles / Tapestries / Mortlake tapestries
subjects:
Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. The Arming (or Disarming) of Mars. Vulcan and Venus set. Mortlake, Probably Fifth Weaving, 1630-40. (Mobilier National, Paris.)
Attributed works:
17. Detail of the Borders of the Hero and Leander set, on Red Ground. With Mortlake mark and Monograms of Sir Francis Crane and Philip de Maecht. (H. M. The King of Sweden.)
Attributed works:
18. Detail from the Miraculous Draught of Fishes. Acts of Apostles set. Mortlake; from the Set with the Royal English Arms. (Mobilier National, Paris.)
Attributed works:
19. Detail of the Borders of the Sacrifice at Lystra. Acts of the Apostles Set, on Silver Ground. With Mortlake Mark and Master-Weaver's Initials 'P. S.' (Louvre.)
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A Set of Beauvais Tapestries Alluding to the War of American Independence
09/1950 | 570 | 92
Pages: 250-253+255
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Wingfield Digby, George (Wingfield Digby, George; D., G. F. W.; Digby, G. F. Wingfield; Digby, George Wingfield; Digby, G. W.; Digby, G. Wingfield)
Subjects
artists:
Lebarbier, Jean Jacques François
dates:
1750-1799
places:
United States / France / Beauvais
subjects:
Textiles / French painting / Tapestries
subjects:
Revolutionary War (America: 1775–1782)
subjects:
Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory
subjects:
Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Les Quatre Parties du Monde: I. America. Beauvais Tapestry, Designed by J. J. F. Lebarbier in 1786. 307 by 320 cm. (Osterley Park; from Arlington Court, Devon.)
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7. Les Qualre Parties du Monde: II. Europe. Beauvais Tapestry, Designed by J. J. F. Lebarbier in 1786. 301 by 394 cm. (Osterley Park; from Arlington Court, Devon.)
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8. Les Quatre Parties du Monde: III. Africa. Beauvais Tapestry, Designed by J. J. F. Lebarbier in 1786. 294 by 320 cm. (Osterley Park; from Arlington Court, Devon.)
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9. Les Quatre Parties du Monde: IV. Asia. Beauvais Tapestry, Designed by J. J. F. Lebarbier in 1786. 310 by 384 cm. (Osterley Park; from Arlington Court, Devon.)
Article
The Tapestries at Burlington House
02/1950 | 563 | 92
Pages: 46+48-50
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Author:
Wingfield Digby, George (Wingfield Digby, George; D., G. F. W.; Digby, G. F. Wingfield; Digby, George Wingfield; Digby, G. W.; Digby, G. Wingfield)
Subjects
artists:
Le Brun, Charles
artists:
Boucher, François
dates:
1450-1499
dates:
1650-1749
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
places:
France / Flanders / Netherlands / Arras / Tournai
places:
Beauvais
subjects:
French painting / Textiles / Tapestries
subjects:
International Gothic / Iconography / Hunting
subjects:
Gobelins Manufactory
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
14. The Boar and Bear Hunt (Detail of Centre and Right Side). Tapestry, Woven at Arras or Tournai, Second Quarter of the Fifteenth Century. Here Suggested as a Reversed Cartoon Woven in Low-Warp Tapestry. (Chatsworth Estates Company.)
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French Tapestries at South Kensington
04/1947 | 529 | 89
Pages: 98-99+101
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Author:
Wingfield Digby, George (Wingfield Digby, George; D., G. F. W.; Digby, G. F. Wingfield; Digby, George Wingfield; Digby, G. W.; Digby, G. Wingfield)
Subjects
dates:
1400-1499
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / France / London
subjects:
Tapestries / French painting / French / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
La Promenade. (La Vie Seigneuriale). Touraine School, 1500-1520. (From the Musée Cluny, Paris). Shorter Notice: French Tapestries at South Kensington
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Some Silks Woven under Portuguese Influence in the Far East
08/1940 | 449 | 77
Pages: 52-53+55-56+58-60+63
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Wingfield Digby, George (Wingfield Digby, George; D., G. F. W.; Digby, G. F. Wingfield; Digby, George Wingfield; Digby, G. W.; Digby, G. Wingfield)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1599
dates:
1600-1649
places:
Portugal / Japan / China
subjects:
Textiles / Silks / Portuguese / Pattern
subjects:
Chinese / Japanese / Influence
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Japanese Silk Showing "Wanashi" Pattern. (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate I. A, B-Silk Damasks, Macao. Second Half of the Sixteenth Century; C-Satin and Twill Silk Tissue. Spanish. Sixteenth Century; D, E-Silk Tissues. Macao. Second Half of the Sixteenth Century. (All in the Victoria and Albert Museum); F-Silk Tissue. Macao. Second Half of the Sixteenth Century. (Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Cologne). Some Silks Woven under Portuguese Influence in the Far East
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Embroidered Silk Coverlet. Indo-Portuguese. Sixteenth Century; B-K'O-Ssu. Chinese (Reproduced from A. De Tizac: Etoffes de la Chine (1914); C-Silk Damask. Macao. Second Half of the Sixteenth Century; D-Silk and Gold Tissue. Japanese. Probably Eighteenth Century; E-Silk Damask. Macao. Second Half of the Sixteenth Century; F-Silk Damask. Spanish. Sixteenth Century. (All Except B-In the Victoria and Albert Museum). Some Silks Woven under Portuguese Influence in the Far East
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Sixteenth-Century Silk Damasks: A Spanish Group
05/1939 | 434 | 74
Pages: 222-223+226-228
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Author:
Wingfield Digby, George (Wingfield Digby, George; D., G. F. W.; Digby, G. F. Wingfield; Digby, George Wingfield; Digby, G. W.; Digby, G. Wingfield)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Spain / Valencia
subjects:
Textiles / Spanish
subjects:
Silks / Damask / Techniques
subjects:
Islamic / Ceramics / Influence
subjects:
Hispano-Moresque / Renaissance / Pattern
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. A-Silk Damask. Spanish; Sixteenth Century. B-Lustre-Ware Plate (Back). Valencia; Second Half of the Fifteenth Century; C-Silk Damask. Spanish; Sixteenth Century; D-Silk Damask. Spanish; Sixteenth Century; E-Silk Damask. Spanish; Sixteenth Century; F-Lustre-ware Tile. Valencia; Late Fifteenth Century (Victoria and Albert Museum). Sixteenth-Century Silk Damasks-A Spanish Group
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-Silk Damask. Spanish; End of the Sixteenth Century; B-Silk Damask (Detail of a Chasuble). Spanish; End of the Sixteenth Century. C-Silk Damask. Spanish; Sixteenth Century; D-Carpet (Detail). Spanish; Sixteenth Century; E-Silk Damask (Detail of a Dalmatic). Spanish; Sixteenth Century; F-Satin and Twill Damask. Spanish; Sixteenth Century (Victoria and Albert Museum). Sixteenth-Century Silk Damasks-A Spanish Group
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The Vienna "Gösser Ornat"
05/1939 | 434 | 74
Pages: 243-244
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Author:
Wingfield Digby, George (Wingfield Digby, George; D., G. F. W.; Digby, G. F. Wingfield; Digby, George Wingfield; Digby, G. W.; Digby, G. Wingfield)
Subjects
subjects:
Textiles / Ecclesiastical / Garments
subjects:
Pattern books
works:
Gösser Ornat (Austrian Museum of Applied Art, Vienna)