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Book Review
Raphael: Revolution in Tapestry Design
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1166-1169
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Reviewer:
Evans, Mark (Evans, Mark)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Raphael / Orley, Bernaert van / Coecke van Aelst, Pieter the elder, 1502-1550 / Coxie, Michiel, I, 1499-1592
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
subjects:
Tapestry (process) / Cartoons (working drawings) / Italian art / Flemish art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Raphael: Revolution in Tapestry Design By Katja Schmitz-von Ledebur. 228 pp. incl. 145 col. ills. (Hannibal Books, Antwerp, 2024), €55. ISBN 978–94– 64666–59–5. | :
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Attributed works:
11. Death of Ananias, from The Lives and the Acts of the Apostles Peter and Paul, designed by Raphael and his workshop, c.1515/16, and woven under the direction of Pieter van Aelst, Brussels, before 1521. Wool, silk and threads wrapped in precious metals, 488 by 631 cm. (Vatican Museums).
Attributed works:
12. St Paul defending himself before Agrippa, from Scenes from the Life of the Apostle Paul, designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst and woven under the direction of Paulus van Oppenem (?), Brussels, c.1535. Wool, silk and threads wrapped in precious metals, 423 and 453 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
13. Lust (Luxuria), designed by Pieter Coecke van Aelst, c.1530 and woven by Willem de Pannemaker, c.1548/49. Wool, silk and threads wrapped in precious metals, 456 by 867 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Exhibition Review
Sonia Delaunay: Living Art
06/2024 | 1455 | 166
Pages: 639–641
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Reviewer:
Cooke, Lynne (Cooke, Lynne)
Subjects
artists:
Delaunay, Sonia
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture, New York, United States
subjects:
Textiles / Fashion / Paintings / Interiors / Tapestry (process) / Embroidery / Rugs
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Sonia Delaunay: Living Art. Edited by Waleria Dorogova and Laura Microulis. 540 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Bard Graduate Center, New York, 2024), $75. ISBN 978–0–30027–576–6. | :
subjects:
Sonia Delaunay: Living Art Bard Graduate Center, New York 23rd February–7th July | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
21. Detail of La prose du Transsibérien et de la Petite Jehanne de France, by Sonia Delaunay and Blaise Cendrars. 1913. Gouache pochoir, type and lithography on paper and handpainted parchment wrapper. (© Pracusa; Spencer Collection, New York Public Library; exh. Bard Graduate Center, New York).
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22. Cloche and scarf, by Sonia Delaunay. 1924–24. Felted wool (cloche) and felted appliqué on silk (scarf), 62.9 by 129.5 cm (scarf). (© Pracusa; private collection; exh. Bard Graduate Center, New York).
Attributed works:
23. Rythmes couleurs ou panneau F 1898, by Sonia Delaunay. 1975. Wool tapestry, 260 by 343 cm. (© Pracusa; Mobilier national, Paris; exh. Bard Graduate Center, New York).
Book Review
The Art of Tapestry
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 472-475
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Reviewer:
Campbell, Thomas P. (Campbell, Thomas P.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
National Trust
places:
England
subjects:
Tapestry (process) / Collections / Country houses / Palaces / Castles
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subjects:
The Art of Tapestry By Helen Wyld. 256 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Philip Wilson Publishers, London, 2022), £45. ISBN 978–1–78130–112–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Tapestry Room at Osterley House, Middlesex, hung with a set of Gobelins ‘Tenture de Boucher’ tapestries, installed in the 1770s. (National Trust Images).
Attributed works:
2. The High Great Chamber at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, hung with the Story of Ulysses tapestries, woven in Brussels in the 1560s. (National Trust Images).
Article
Medieval and Renaissance enamels and other works of art in the Wyvern Collection
04/2022 | 1429 | 164
Pages: 374-379
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Author:
Westermann-Angerhausen, Hiltrud (Westermann-Angerhausen, Hiltrud; Angerhausen, Hiltrud Westermann-)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Wyvern Collection
places:
Limoges
styles:
Romanesque / Gothic art
subjects:
Medieval art / Renaissance art
subjects:
Enamels / Gilding / Goldsmiths / Crystals / Stained glass / Ivory / Bronzes / Tapestry (process)
subjects:
Chalices / Caskets / Drinking horns / Jewellery / Paxes
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Badge of St Margaret. Probably eastern France, second half of the fifteenth century. Alloy of gold and copper, 5.9 by 4 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Attributed works:
6. Horn, by Léonard Limosin. Limoges, 1538. Enamel painted on copper with silver fittings, mounted on a cow’s horn, length 30.5 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Attributed works:
7. Head of the Virgin. Northern Spain, c.1270–1300. Wood, paint, gilding and gesso, height 59 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Attributed works:
8. Head of the mourning Virgin. France (Paris or Normandy), c.1530–40. Clear glass painted with stipple shading, leaded in a later setting, 13.5 by 11.5 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
1. Phylactery. Mosan, c.1160–70. Champlevé enamel on copper with gilding, vernis brun, rock crystal and gems on a wooden core, 22.5 by 22 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
2. Chrismatory. Anglo-Saxon, c.800, and Carolingian, late 9th century. Repoussé copper-alloy sheets with gilding and silver on an oak core, height 15.6 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
3. Plaque. England, c.1180–1200. Champlevé enamel on copper with gilding, height 5.7 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Western art unattributed:
5. Travelling chalice. Lower Rhine (probably Cologne), c.1240–50. Silver, parcel-gilt, with filigree, pearls and semi-precious stones, height 8.2 cm. (The Wyvern Collection).
Exhibition Review
Die Fäden der Moderne: Matisse, Picasso, Miró und die französischen Gobelins
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 457-459
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Reviewer:
Neumann-Golle, Antje (Neumann-Golle, Antje)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Picasso, Pablo / Matisse, Henri / Delaunay, Sonia / Bourgeois, Louise / Miró, Joan / Chillida, Eduardo / Le Corbusier / Léger, Fernand / Vasarely, Victor de / Lurçat, Jean
museums and institutions:
Galerie des Gobelins, Paris, France / Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany / Kunsthal, Rotterdam, Netherlands
subjects:
Tapestry (process) / Tapestries / Gobelins Manufactory / Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory / Savonnerie manufactory
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Die F den der Moderne: Matisse, Picasso, Mir  und die franz sischen Gobelins Edited by Roger Diederen. 216 pp. incl. 140 col. ills. (Hirmer, Munich, 2020), €39.90. ISBN 978–3–7774–3456–8. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Women at their toilette, by Pablo Picasso. Gobelins tapestry, designed 1937, second version in colour 1971–77. Wool, 290 by 425 cm. (Mobilier national, Paris;   Succession Picasso / DACS, London, 2021).
Attributed works:
11. Cheyt pyr, by Victor Vasarely. Beauvais tapestry, designed 1975, woven 1977. Wool, 258 by 258 cm. (Mobilier national, Paris;   ADAGP, Paris, and DACS, London, 2021).
Attributed works:
12. Chair with Aviation, from Salon de la Guerre, a set of furniture by Robert Bonfils and Maurice Dufr ne. Gobelins tapestry, designed 1922, woven 1925. Wool, silk, beechwood and gilding, 103 by 61 by 52 cm. (Mobilier national, Paris).
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9. Summer, from the series The Seasons, by Jean Lurçat. Aubusson tapestry (Atelier Goubely), designed 1939, woven 1940–41. Wool, 335 by 485 cm. (Mobilier national, Paris;   ADAGP, Paris, and DACS, London, 2021).
Exhibition Review
Marie Cuttoli: The Modern Thread from Miró to Man Ray
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1098-1101
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Reviewer:
Parrish, Sarah (Parrish, Sarah)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Cuttoli, Marie / Miró, Joan / Man Ray / Braque, Georges / Derain, André / Dufy, Raoul / Corbusier, Le / Léger, Fernand / Lurçat, Jean / Picasso, Pablo / Rouault, Georges
museums and institutions:
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, United States
subjects:
Tapestry (process) / Fashion / Colonialism / Gender / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Marie Cuttoli: The Modern Thread from Miró to Man Ray By Cindy Kang. 160 pp. incl. 100 col. ills. (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, and Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2020), £35. ISBN 978–0– 300–25131–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Composition with three figures – Fragment, by Fernand Léger. 1932. Oil on canvas, 144.2 by 114.3 cm. (Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2020; exh. Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia).
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19. Rhythmic figures (woman and birds), designed by Joan Miró for Myrbor. 1934. Cotton and wool with silk, 195.6 by 175.3 cm. (Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia; © Successió Miró / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2020).
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20. Evening dress, embroidery designed by Natalia Goncharova for Myrbor. c.1926. Silk with silk appliqué and metallic thread and wool yarn embroidery (Philadelphia Museum of Art).
Book Review
Weaving Modernism: Postwar Tapestry Between Paris and New York
10/2020 | 1411 | 162
Pages: 909-910
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Reviewer:
Coxon, Ann (Coxon, Ann)
Subjects
places:
Paris / New York
subjects:
Tapestry (process) / Weaving / Textiles / Modernism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Weaving Modernism: Postwar Tapestry Between Paris and New York By K.L.H. Wells. 280 pp. incl. 59 col. + 45 b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2019), £50. ISBN 978–0–300–23259–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Modern tapestry, by Roy Lichtenstein. Pile tapestry produced by Modern Master Tapestries Inc. 1968. Wool, 273.1 by 367.7 cm. (Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, New York; © Estate of Roy Lichtenstein).
Exhibition Review
Bernard van Orley: Brussels and the Renaissance Centre for Fine Arts (BOZAR), Brussels
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 499-502
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Reviewer:
Campbell, Lorne (Campbell, Lorne; C., L.)
Subjects
artists:
Orley, Bernaert van / followers of / and follower / and workshop / Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Tapestry (process) / Paintings
museums and institutions:
BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium
places:
Brussels
styles:
Flemish School
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Attack on the French camp and the flight of the civilians, one of the tapestries of the Battle of Pavia series, designed by Bernard van Orley and woven in the workshop of Willem Dermoyen. 1525–31. Wool, silk and preciousmetal wrapped threads, 440 by 818 cm., 7–8 warp threads per cm. (Museo e Real Bosco di Capodimonte, Naples; exh. Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels).
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8. Head of a dog, fragment of a tapestry cartoon, from the workshop of Bernard van Orley. c.1525–31. Bodycolour heightened with white (partly oxidised) on paper, silhouetted, 17.1 by 17.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
9. Execution of St John the Baptist, by Bernard van Orley. c.1510. Panel, 64.5 by 74.2 cm (Private collection; exh. Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels).
Article
Benavides’s ‘Scipio’ ensemble and collaborative entrepreneurial action in Brussels tapestry around 1660
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 112-119
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Author:
Brosens, Koenraad (Brosens, Koenraad)
Author:
Slegten, Astrid (Slegten, Astrid)
Subjects
artists:
Penni, Giovanni Francesco / Giulio Romano / Leefdael, Jan van / Strecken, Geraert van der / Reydams, Heinrich, I, ca. 1600-1669 / Leyniers, Everard / Geubels, Jacob, the younger / Raes, Jan I, act. 1610-1631 / Teniers, David II, 1610-1690 / Teniers, David III, 1638-1685 / Hoecke, Jan van den / Le Brun, Charles / Valdor, Johannes II, 1616-1670
dates:
1600-1699 / 1650-1699
media:
Tapestries / Drawings / Documents
patrons:
Benavides Carrillo de Toledo, Don Luis de, Marquis of Caracena / Leopold Wilhelm, Archduke of Austria, 1614-1662
places:
Flanders / Brussels
subjects:
Tapestry (process) / Patronage / Commissions / Inventories / Contracts / Brussels Tapestry / Dyeing / Artists' groups and associations / Workshops (Organisations) / Cartoons (working drawings) / Classical Revival / Baroque / Teniers family / Teniers Tapestries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.3.
Attributed works:
2. A table showing all the known extant tapestries of the Benavides Deeds and triumph of Scipio series.
Attributed works:
3. Conference between Scipio and Hannibal before the Battle of Zama, from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 471 by 842 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
Attributed works:
4. Sol from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1662. Wool and silk, 180 by 147 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
Attributed works:
5. The continence of Scipio from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 471 by 557 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
Attributed works:
6. Capture of the camp and mercy for the vanquished from the Deeds and triumph of Scipio series, by the Van Leefdael, Van der Strecken, Reydams and Leyniers consortium. 1660–61. Wool, silk, and gold- and silver-wrapped thread, 481 by 794 cm. (Fondation Toms Pauli, Lausanne).
Book Review
Tapestry in the Baroque: New Aspects of Production and Patronage
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 424-425
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Reviewer:
Buchanan, Iain (Buchanan, Iain)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1699
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
print:
Tapestries
subjects:
Tapestries / Tapestry (process) / Baroque / Textiles / Papers / Exhibitions / Patronage
subjects:
Conferences
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Tapestry in the Baroque: New Aspects of Production and Patronage | editor: Campbell, Thomas P. , editor: Cleland, Elizabeth A.H.
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