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Book Review
Panni Tartarici: Seidengewebe aus Asien im spätmittelalterlichen Europa
05/2025 | 1466 | 167
Pages: 517-9
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Monnas, Lisa (Monnas, Lisa)
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Panni Tartarici: Seidengewebe aus Asien im spätmittelalterlichen Europa By Juliane von Fircks. 268 pp. incl. 184 col. + b. & w. ills. (Deutscher Verlag für Kunstwissenschaft, Berlin, and Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, 2024), €99. ISBN 978–3–87157–263–0. | :
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2. Dalmatic. Northern China or Mongol Iran, early 14th century. Lampas silk with pattern wefts in silk and flat gilt leather strips, 121 by 134 cm. (Stralsund Museum).
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Veiled in precious cloth: a seal bag from Westminster Abbey and its connections with Charlemagne’s shrine in Aachen
12/2024 | 1461 | 166
Pages: 1206–1216
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Mühlemann, Corinne (Mühlemann, Corinne)
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New, Elizabeth A. (New, Elizabeth A.)
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Payne, Matthew (Payne, Matthew)
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Wyld, Helen (Wyld, Helen)
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12. Reliquary pouch made of a samite. Woven in the 12th century in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk, 15 by 13 cm. (© Museum August Kestner, Hannover; photograph Christian Tepper).
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4. Microphotograph (magnification 58.5x) of the woven structure (samite) used for the back of the bag of Henry III’s great seal. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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6. Fragment used for the back (left) and front (right, rotated 180 degrees) of Fig.2. Woven before 1267 in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk (patterned samite with three weft systems), 11.9 by 13.4 cm. (back), 10.2 by 12.3 cm. (front). (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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7. Comparison of the identical pattern repeat in the ‘hare silks’ shown in Fig.6 (right) and Figs.8 and 9. The colour of the weft is modified along the length of the textile (latté).
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Edmund, Westminster Abbey. c.1244. Stained glass. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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1. Great seal of Henry III. 1267. Wax, 10 by 10.1 cm. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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10. Karlsschrein. 1215. Oak, gilded silver, gilded copper, filigree, precious stones and enamel, 204 by 57 by 94 cm. (Aachen Cathedral).
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11. Fragments from a samite found in the binding of a manuscript now in Wolfenbüttel (Lectiones bibliccae per annum) perhaps originating from Strasbourg. Woven in the 12th century in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk. (Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Cod. Guelf. 71 Aug.2°).
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2. Inventory of the Shrine of St Edward with seal bag. 1267. Ink on parchment, 38.2 by 34.6 cm. (inventory); silk, 11.9 by 12 cm. (seal bag). (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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3. Microphotograph (magnification 29.5x) of the woven structure (samite) used for the front of the bag of Henry III’s great seal. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Westminster Abbey, London, WAM 9464).
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5. Shrine of St Edward, Westminster Abbey, London. Consecrated 1269. (By kind permission of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Detail of Fig.9 with the starting border and left selvedge. (© Domkapitel Aachen; photograph Ann Münchow).
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9. So-called ‘hare silk’ preserved in reliquary shrine of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral. Probably woven before 1215 in the Eastern Mediterranean or Spain. Silk (patterned samite with three weft systems), 128 by 239 cm. (© Domkapitel Aachen; photograph Ann Münchow).
Exhibition Review
China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
01/2024 | 1450 | 166
Pages: 62–65
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Liu, Lihong (Liu, Lihong)
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China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta Cleveland Museum of Art 10th September 2023– 7th January 2024 | :
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1. Detail from Spring in Jiangnan, by Wen Zhengming. 1530. Handscroll, ink and colour on paper. (Shanghai Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
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4. Raft cup, attributed to Zhu Bishan. China, Yuan or early Ming dynasty. Silver with chased decoration, length 16 cm. (Cleveland Museum of Art).
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2. Lamp in the form of a bull. China, Eastern Han dynasty. Bronze with silver inlay, height 46 cm. (Nanjing Museum; exh. Cleveland Museum of Art).
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3. Installation view of China’s Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 2023.
Exhibition Review
Islam in Europe: 1000–1250
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 173-176
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Schwabauer, Adeline (Schwabauer, Adeline)
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Islam in Europe: 1000–1250 Dommuseum, Hildesheim 7th September 2022– 12th February 2023 | :
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5. The Silos Casket, by Muhammad ibn Zayyan. Cuenca, 1026 (AH 417). Enamel plates and fixtures, Silos, c.1150. Ivory, copper and enamel, 19 by 34 by 21 cm. (Museo de Burgos; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
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6. Senmurv aquamanile. Second third of the 12th century. Copper alloy, silver and niello, 19.6 by 16.5 cm. (Dommuseum, Hildesheim).
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7. Panel from the Ambon of Henry II, Aachen Cathedral. Before 1014. Rock crystal and chess pieces, Abbasid or Byzantine Empire, 9th or 10th century. Copper foil, quartz and agate. (Aachen Cathedral; exh. Dommuseum Hildesheim).
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The Empress Dowager Cixi’s Japanese screen and late Qing imperial cosmopolitanism
10/2021 | 1423 | 163
Pages: 886-897
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Rado, Mei Mei (Rado, Mei Mei)
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1. Her Imperial Majesty, the Empress Dowager of China, by Yu Xunling. 1903. Photograph, hand-coloured gelatin silver print, 23.1 by 17.2 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
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10. Folding screen depicting peacocks among azalea bushes, by Iida & Co. (Takashimaya). Japan, c.1903. Silk embroidery, 152.4 by 304.8 cm. (From The Principal Exhibits to the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St Louis, U.S.A., 1904 by S. Iida, “Takashimaya” Kyoto Japan; Takashimaya Historical Museum, Osaka).
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12. Folding screen depicting a white phoenix, pine tree and chrysanthemums. Japan, c.1895–1905. Embroidered silk, 230 by 552 cm., each panel 230 by 69 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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16. Woman’s coat, made by Iida & Co. (Takashimaya). Japan, c.1900–09. Silk embroidery on silk crêpe (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
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18. The Meiji Empress, Haruko, by Suziki Shin’ichi I and Maruki Riyō. 1889. Photograph, gelatin silver print signed by Empress Haruko, 27.5 by 20.5 cm. (Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Washington)
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2. The Empress Dowager Cixi, by Yu Xunling. c.1903. Photograph, hand-coloured gelatin silver print. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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3. The Empress Dowager Cixi, by Yu Xunling. c.1903. Photograph from a glass plate negative, 24.1 by 17.8 cm. (Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Washington).
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4. The Kangxi Emperor in informal dress at his writing table. Late seventeenth century. Hanging scroll, ink and colour on silk, image 50.7 by 32 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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5. The Empress Dowager Tze His [Cixi], of China, by Katharine Carl. 1903. Oil on canvas with original camphor wood frame, canvas 297.2 by 173.4 cm. (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art, Washington).
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6. Folding screen depicting peacocks among peonies, made by Iida & Co. (Takashimaya). Japan, c.1903. Silk embroidery and later ink and colour on paper, 268 by 456 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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7. Detail of Fig.6, showing the padded embroidery of the peonies’ petals. (Photograph the author).
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8. Detail of Fig.6, showing the subtle colour gradations and sheen of the peacock’s feathers. (Photograph the author).
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9. Detail of Fig.6, showing the Japanese inscription on the back of the frame. (Photograph the author).
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11. Wall hanging depicting a landscape. Japan, c.1895–1905. Yūzen-dyed velvet, image 176 by 116 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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13 and 14. Front and back of a woman’s informal court robe (chenyi). China, c.1905. Silk tapestry (kesi) with embroidery highlights. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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15. Back of woman’s informal court robe (chenyi). China, c.1905. Silk tapestry (kesi), lined with squirrel and silver rat fur. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
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17. Vase (one of a pair). Japan, c.1895–1905. Cloisonné enamel (shippō), height 150 cm. (Palace Museum, Beijing).
Book Review
Der Schatz der Marienkirche zu Danzig: Liturgische Gewänder und textile Objekte aus dem späten Mittelalter (Berner Forschungen zur Geschichte der textilen Künste, 1)
07/2021 | 1420 | 163
Pages: 635-637
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Monnas, Lisa (Monnas, Lisa)
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Der Schatz der Marienkirche zu Danzig: Liturgische Gewänder und textile Objekte aus dem späten Mittelalter (Berner Forschungen zur Geschichte der textilen Künste, 1) By Birgitt Borkopp-Restle. 392 pp. incl. 191 col. + 156 b. & w. ills. (Didymos, Affalterbach, 2020), €48. ISBN 978–3–939020–71–4. | :
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4. Virgin and Child, detail of the side of a funeral pall. 15th-century Italian silk velvet, possibly embroidered in Germany in the second half of the 15th century with silk and gold thread, pearls, coral and metal sequins. (St Anne’s Museum, Lübeck).
Book Review
Tudor Textiles
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 294-295
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Hayward, Maria (Hayward, Maria)
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Tudor Textiles By Eleri Lynn. 208 pp. incl. 132 col. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, in association with Historic Royal Palaces, London, 2020), £35. ISBN 978–0–300–24412–0. | :
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3. Detail of the Stonyhurst chasuble. 15th century, much altered. Cloth of gold and red silk damask velvet. (© Stonyhurst College; courtesy Historic Royal Palaces).
Book Review
Musterhaft Naturgetreu: Tiere in Seiden, Zeichnungen und Tapisserien des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1107-1108
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Monnas, Lisa (Monnas, Lisa)
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Musterhaft Naturgetreu: Tiere in Seiden, Zeichnungen und Tapisserien des 14. und 15. Jahrhunderts By Kathrin Müller. 368 pp. incl. 79 col. + 118 b. & w. ills. (Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, and Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin, 2020), £40. ISBN 978–3–7861–2824–3. | :
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2. Detail from Gaston Phébus’s Livre de Chasse. Late fourteenth century. Illumination on vellum. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, MS fr.616, fol.115v).
Exhibition Review
A Taste for the Exotic: European Silks of the Eighteenth Century. Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 960-962
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Browne, Clare (Browne, Clare)
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13. Woven silk, France or Italy. 1700–10, 259 by 226 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
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14. Woven silk, France or Italy. 1725–30, 99 by 77.5 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
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15. Woven silk, Amsterdam. c.1735, 143 by 52 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
Exhibition Review
Napoleon: Power and Splendour. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 676-678
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Bordes, Philippe (Bordes, Philippe; Bordes, Phillipe)
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15. General Armand-Samuel de Marescot with his wife, Cécile, his son, Antoine-Samuel, his daughter, Joséphine-Cécile, and his motherin-law, Marie-Charlotte d’Artis de Thiézac, by Fortuné Dufau. 1806. Canvas, 240 by 195 cm. (Private collection; exh. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA).
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16. Triumphal march of Napoleon to the Temple of Immortality, by Jean-Baptiste Regnault. 1804–05. Paper mounted on canvas, 52.4 by 93 cm. (Fralin Museum of Art, University of Virginia, Charlottesville; exh. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA).
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17. Etruscan Scroll Vase, called the Londonderry Vase. Sèvres Imperial Manufactory, after a design by Charles Percier and Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart père, decoration by Gilbert Drouet and Christophe-Ferdinand Caron. 1813. Hard-paste porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration, gilding and ormolu mounts, height 137.2 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
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