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Book Review
Rugs in Late Medieval Siena; Carpet Studies 1300–1600. By Marco Spallanzani
05/2018 | 1382 | 160
Pages: 429-430
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Reviewer:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
Subjects
art literature:
Bode, Wilhelm von
artists:
Niccolò di Buonaccorso / Mantegna, Andrea / Giovanni da Udine / Leonardo da Vinci / Gozzoli, Benozzo / Lorenzetti, Ambrogio / Giovanni di Paolo
collectors and dealers:
Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530
dates:
1300-1399 / 1400-1499 / 1500-1599
media:
Carpets / Textiles / Paintings
museums and institutions:
Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Italy
patrons:
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574 / Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609
places:
Italy / Florence / Siena
subjects:
Italian painting / Oriental rugs / Ornament / Geometric patterns / Influence / Visual sources / Medici family / Archives
Illustrations
Attributed works:
2. Marriage of the Virgin, by Niccolo di Buonaccorso. c.1380. Egg tempera on poplar, 50.9 by 33 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Article
The Persian rooms at Fawley Court
01/2011 | 1294 | 153
Pages: 32-36
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Author:
McCall, Henrietta (McCall, Henrietta)
Subjects
artists:
Wyatt, James
artists:
Bruyn, Cornelis de
buildings:
Fawley Court, Oxfordshire, Great Britain
dates:
1750-1799
print:
Fawley Court, Oxfordshire, Great Britain
subjects:
Interiors / Interior design / Mirrors / Bedrooms / Chinese / Chinoiserie / Persian / Wallpaper / Beds (furniture) / Furniture / Orientalism / Oriental rugs / Inscriptions
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
38. The Persian Bedroom at Fawley Court. c.1952. Photograph courtesy of Father Lepinksy deceased of the Polish Congregation of Marian Fathers, Fawley Court.
Western art unattributed:
39. Looking-glass in Persepolitan frame made for Fawley Court. c.1770–71. Gilt wood and mirror glass, 90 by 112 cm. (Private collection, London).
Western art unattributed:
40. Detail of Fig.38, showing the decorated foot board.
Western art unattributed:
41. Line drawing of the relief used in the decoration of the Darius bed, Fawley Court. From J. Curtis and N. Tallis, eds.: exh. cat. Forgotten Empire. The World of Ancient Persia, London (British Museum) 2005, p.66.
Western art unattributed:
42. The decorated knob on the door leading into the Persian Bedroom, Fawley Court. Photograph, c.1952.
Western art unattributed:
43. Detail of Fig.39, showing the cuneiform inscription on the looking-glass.
Western art unattributed:
44. Cuneiform script used on the looking-glass in Fig.39. From C. de Bruyn: Travels Into Muscovy, Persia and Part of the East-Indies, London 1737, II, pl.132.
Western art unattributed:
45. Portiques au dedans showing porticos on which the cuneiform script in Fig.44 was carved. From C. de Bruyn: Travels Into Muscovy, Persia and Part of the East-Indies, London 1737, II, pl.129.
Book Review
Oriental Rugs in Renaissance Florence
01/2009 | 1270 | 151
Pages: 35-36
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Reviewer:
Contadini, Anna (Contadini, Anna)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1599
places:
Florence / Italy
print:
Oriental rugs
subjects:
Oriental rugs / Carpets / Renaissance
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Oriental Rugs in Renaissance Florence | author: Spallanzani, Marco
Publication Received
Oriental Carpets and their Structure. Highlights from the V. & A. Collection.
06/2004 | 1215 | 146
Pages: 414
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Reviewer:
Shone, Richard (Shone, Richard; S., R.; Shone, Richard)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
print:
Oriental rugs
subjects:
Oriental rugs
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Oriental Carpets and their Structure. Highlights from the V. & A. Collection. | author: Wearden, Jennifer
Book Review
Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of Art
01/1989 | 1030 | 131
Pages: 45
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Reviewer:
Pinner, Robert (Pinner, Robert)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States
places:
United States / Philadelphia
subjects:
Art museums / Collections / Textiles
subjects:
Carpets / Oriental rugs
subjects:
Catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Oriental Carpets in the Philadelphia Museum of Art | author: Ellis, Charles Grant
Book Review
How to Know Oriental Carpets and Rugs [and] European and Oriental Rugs and Carpets
03/1965 | 744 | 107
Pages: 146-147
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Reviewer:
Skelton, R. W. (Skelton, R. W.)
Subjects
subjects:
Textiles / Carpets / Oriental rugs
Reviewed Items
subjects:
European and Oriental Rugs and Carpets | author: Schlosser, Ignaz
subjects:
How to Know Oriental Carpets and Rugs | author: Jacoby, Heinrich , author: Schlosser, Ignaz
Book Review
The Textile Museum, Catalogue Raisonne. Cairene Rugs and Others Technically Related, 15th Century-17th Century
09/1958 | 666 | 100
Pages: 328-329
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Reviewer:
Beckwith, John (Beckwith, John)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1799
places:
Egypt / Syria / Damascus
subjects:
Textiles / Oriental rugs
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Textile Museum, Catalogue Raisonne. Cairene Rugs and Others Technically Related, 15th Century-17th Century | author: Kühnel, Ernst
Book Review
Vorderasiatische Knupfteppiche aus alter Zeit
02/1958 | 659 | 100
Pages: 66
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Reviewer:
K., D. (K., D.)
Subjects
places:
India / Persia / Turkey
subjects:
Oriental rugs / Carpets / Persian / Indian / Turkish
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Vorderasiatische Knupfteppiche aus alter Zeit | author: Bode, Wilhelm von , author: Kühnel, Ernst
Book Review
Der Orientalische Knupfteppich
12/1956 | 645 | 98
Pages: 451-452
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Reviewer:
Wingfield Digby, George (Wingfield Digby, George; D., G. F. W.; Digby, G. F. Wingfield; Digby, George Wingfield; Digby, G. W.; Digby, G. Wingfield)
Subjects
places:
Persia / Turkey
subjects:
Textiles / Oriental rugs / Carpets
subjects:
Techniques
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Der Orientalische Knupfteppich | author: Erdmann, Kurt
Book Review
The Persian Carpet
01/1955 | 622 | 97
Pages: 27
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Reviewer:
Wingfield Digby, George (Wingfield Digby, George; D., G. F. W.; Digby, G. F. Wingfield; Digby, George Wingfield; Digby, G. W.; Digby, G. Wingfield)
Subjects
places:
Persia
subjects:
Textiles / Persian / Carpets / Oriental rugs
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Persian Carpet | author: Edwards, A. Cecil
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