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Exhibition Review
Museo Internazionale del Tappetto Antico, Brescia
09/2024 | 1458 | 166
Pages: 949-51
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Reviewer:
Luber, Diana (Luber, Diana)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo Internationale del Tappetto Antico (MITA), Brescia, Italy
subjects:
Museums / Carpets / Rugs
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Museo Internazionale del Tappetto Antico, Brescia From 14th October 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Isfahan carpet with palmettes and cloudbands. Central Persia, first quarter of the 17th century. Cotton and wool, 492 by 211 cm. (Museo Internazionale del Tappetto Antico, Brescia).
Attributed works:
6. View of the façade of the Museo Internazionale del Tappetto Antico, Brescia, designed by OBR. 2023.
Attributed works:
7. Installation view of the Museo Internazionale del Tappetto Antico, Brescia.
Book Review
Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 93–94
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Reviewer:
Luyster, Amanda (Luyster, Amanda)
Subjects
subjects:
Medieval architecture / Medieval art / Floors / Tiles / Textiles / Marble / Carpets / Pavements
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Standing on Holy Ground in the Middle Ages By Lucy Donkin. 504 pp. incl. 76 col. + 8 b. & w. ills. (Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 2022), $69.95. ISBN 978–1–5017–5112–7. | :
Exhibition Review
The Tudors: Art and Majesty in Renaissance England
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 74-76
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Reviewer:
Goldring, Elizabeth (Goldring, Elizabeth)
Subjects
artists:
Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543 / Hilliard, Nicholas / Eworth, Hans / Horenbout, Lucas / Metsys, Quinten / Geeraerts, Marcus, the elder, 1520 - bef. 1604
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Paintings / Tapestries / Carpets / Silver plate / Stained glass / Medals / Jewellery / Furniture / Embroidery / Sculpture
media:
Miniatures (paintings) / Books / Manuscripts
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
patrons:
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 / Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603
subjects:
British art / Tudor / Courts (social groups)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Angel bearing a candlestick (one of a pair), by Benedetto da Rovezzano. 1524–29. Bronze, 101 by 50 by 33 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
11. Elizabeth I (Sieve Portrait), by Quentin Metsys the Younger. 1583. Oil on canvas, 124.5 by 91.5 cm. (Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
12. Henry VIII, by Hans Holbein the Younger. c.1537. Oil on panel, 28 by 20 cm. (Museo Nacional Thyssen- Bornemisza, Madrid; exh. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Exhibition Review
Sallandrouze de Lamornaix 1801–1878: Histoire d’une manufacture d’ exception
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 409-411
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Reviewer:
Bertrand, Pascal-François (Bertrand, Pascal-François)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
museums and institutions:
Cité internationale de la tapisserie, Aubusson, France
subjects:
Charles, Sallandrouze de Lamornaix / Carpets / Rugs / Tapestries
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sallandrouze de Lamornaix 1801– 1878: Histoire d’une manufacture d’ exception Edited by Jean-François Luneau. 656 pp. incl. 350 col. + b. & w. ills. (Silvana Editoriale, Milan, and Cité internationale de la tapisserie, Aubusson, 2021), €49. ISBN 978–88–366–4874–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Pile carpet, woven by Jean Sallandrouze after a design by Louis Berthault. c.1812–17. Linen and wool, 1209 by 785 cm. (Mobilier national, Paris; photograph Isabelle Bideau).
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11. Design for a carpet, by Amédée Couder. c.1836–39. Gouache on paper with gold highlights, 35.5 by 67.5 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris).
Attributed works:
12. Model for a large overdoor with the coatof- arms of the United Kingdom, by Amédée Couder. 1850. Tempera on canvas, 402 by 190 cm. (Musée des arts et métiers, Paris).
Book Review
Tappeti orientali da Palazzo Pitti al Quirinale
12/2021 | 1425 | 163
Pages: 1209-1210
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Reviewer:
Contadini, Anna (Contadini, Anna)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, Italy
subjects:
Carpets / Persian / Middle Eastern
subjects:
Medici family / Collections
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tappeti orientali da Palazzo Pitti al Quirinale By Marco Spallanzani with Maria Taboga. 144 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Sagep Editori, Genoa, 2020), €50. ISBN 978–88–9363–714–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Tappeto da caccia, by Ghiyath al-Din Jami. Persia 1542. Wool and gold and silver gilt thread, 682 by 335 cm. (Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan).
Article
Francis Bacon and the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 472-480
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Author:
Daniels, Rebecca (Daniels, Rebecca)
Subjects
artists:
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 / Maistre, Roy de / Dorn, Marion
dates:
1920-1929
museums and institutions:
Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company, Wilton, Great Britain
styles:
Modernism
subjects:
Interior design / Rugs / Carpets
subjects:
British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Rug designed by Francis Bacon, and made by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company Ltd. 1929. Wool, 212 by 126 cm. (Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation. MB Art Collection;   Estate of Francis Bacon; DACS London 2020; photograph   Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation/MB Art Collection).
Attributed works:
2. Francis Bacon’s studio at 17 Queensberry Mews West, London. (Repr. in The Studio, August 1930, pp.141).
Attributed works:
3. Gouache, by Francis Bacon. 1929. Gouache, distemper and watercolour on paper, 35.5 by 25 cm. (Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation. MB Art Collection;   Estate of Francis Bacon; DACS London 2020; photograph   Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation/MB Art Collection).
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4. Rug, designed by Francis Bacon, and made by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company Ltd. 1929. Wool, 200 by 120 cm. (Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation. MB Art Collection;   Estate of Francis Bacon; DACS London 2020; photograph   Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation/MB Art Collection).
Attributed works:
5. Rug, designed by Francis Bacon and made by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company Ltd. c.1929. Wool, 208.8 by 122 cm. (Location unknown;   Estate of Francis Bacon; DACS London 2020).
Attributed works:
6. Francis Bacon’s Queensberry Mews West Studio, by Roy de Maistre. 1930. Oil on canvas, 60 by 44.5 cm. (The Estate of Francis Bacon Collection).
Attributed works:
7. A room scheme by Francis Bacon, including furniture and a rug designed by him. The rug was made by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company Ltd. c.1929. Wool, 240 by 122 cm. (  Estate of Francis Bacon. All Rights Reserved; DACS London 2020).
Attributed works:
8. Still life, by Roy de Maistre. 1933. Oil on canvas, 91.4 by 60.8 cm. (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; courtesy Francis Bacon Estate;   Caroline de Mestre Walker).
Attributed works:
9. A room scheme with a rug designed by Francis Bacon and made c.1930–33 by the Wilton Royal Carpet Factory Company Ltd. The materials and dimensions of the rug are unknown. (  British Library Board; HIU.LD48).
Exhibition Review
The Decorated Word: Writing and Picturing in Islamic Calligraphy. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 860-863
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Reviewer:
Balbale, Abigail (Balbale, Abigail)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Koran / Manuscripts / Coins / Sculpture / Ceramics / Carpets / Paintings
styles:
Islamic art
subjects:
Calligraphy / Figurative art / Muslim / Writings / Religious art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Untitled, by Golnaz Fathi. 2013. Acrylic, pen and varnish on canvas. Two panels, 100 by 140 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
12. Bifolium from a Qur’an with a star-shaped prostration mark. Egypt or Syria, 13th century. Ink, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, 50.8 by 67.4 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Non-western art unattributed:
13. Calligraphic galleon with the names of the Seven Sleepers, by ‘Abd al-Qadir Hisari. 1180 AH/ AD 1766–67. Ink and gold on paper, 48.3 by 43.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Book Review
Islam e Firenze: Arte e collezionismo dai Medici al Novecento. Edited by Giovanni Curatola; and Immagini d’Oriente: La riscoperta dell’arte islamica nell’Ottocento. Edited by Alessandro Diana and Simona Mammana
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 612-613
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Reviewer:
Varela Braga, Ariane (Varela Braga, Ariane)
Subjects
media:
Textiles / Carpets / Ceramics / Books
places:
Florence
subjects:
Islamic art / Italian art / Collecting / East-West trade
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Islam e Firenze: Arte e collezionismo dai Medici al Novecento Edited by Giovanni Curatola. 352 pp. incl. 386 col. ills. (Giunti, Florence, 2018), Islam e Firenze: Arte e collezionismo dai Medici al Novecento Edited by Giovanni Curatola. 352 pp. incl. 386 col. ills. (Giunti, Florence, 2018). | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
5. Sforza-Clark circular table carpet, by a Mamluk workshop, Cairo. First half of the 16th century. Wool pile on wool warp, 223 by 244 cm. (Museum of Islamic Art, Doha).
Exhibition Review
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Imaginary Travels. Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 243-246
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Reviewer:
Blythe, Frances (Blythe, Frances)
Subjects
artists:
Kirchner, Ernst Ludwig
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Woodcuts / Textiles / Carpets / Paintings / Furniture
museums and institutions:
Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn, Bonn, Germany
subjects:
German art / Postcolonialism / Exoticism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
16. Interior of the Brücke Studio, Berliner Straße 80, Dresden, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. 1910. Glass plate negative, 18 by 13 cm. (Kirchner Museum, Davos; exh. Bundeskunsthalle Bonn).
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17. Bed for Erna Kirchner, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. 1919. Swiss pine and larch, 110 by 96 by 276 cm. (Kirchner Museum, Davos; exh. Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn).
Attributed works:
18. Pair of acrobats – sculpture, by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. 1932. Canvas, 85.5 by 72 cm. (Kirchner Museum, Davos; exh. Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn).
Book Review
On Display: Henrietta Maria and the Materials of Magnificence at the Stuart Court. By Erin Griffey
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1070-1071
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Reviewer:
Serres, Karen (Serres, Karen)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Reni, Guido
buildings:
Queen's House, London, Great Britain / Somerset House, London, Great Britain
dates:
1600-1699 / 1600-1649 / 1650-1699
media:
Architecture / Tapestries / Jewellery / Carpets / Clocks / Furniture / Costume / Paintings / Sculpture
patrons:
Henrietta Maria, Queen, Consort of Charles I, King of England, 1609-1669
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Patronage / Collections / Collecting / Politics / Cultural history / Courts (social groups) / Connoisseurship / Inventories / Estate inventories / Catholicism / Chapels / Commissions / Portraits / Busts / Civil War (England: 1642–1651) / Taste (aesthetics)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Queen Henrietta Maria with Sir Jeffrey Hudson, by Anthony van Dyck. 1633. Canvas, 219.1 by 134.8 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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