White Linen Damasks I Heraldic Motifs from the Sixteenth Century to circa 1830 - Softcover

C A Burgers; Agnieszka Wos Jucker; Vendulka Otavska

 
9783905014563: White Linen Damasks I Heraldic Motifs from the Sixteenth Century to circa 1830

Synopsis

Die Textilsammlung der Abegg-Stiftung Band 7 | 564 p., 2 volsumes 425 illus, cloth-bound, 23.5 x 31.5 cm. The Abegg-Stiftung’s collection of white linen damasks ranks amongst the foremost in the world. With tablecloths, banquet napkins, handtowels, and napkins, it covers a wide range of patterns, including heraldic and historical motifs, biblical and mythological stories, flowers, hunting scenes, views of towns, etc. With emphasis on heraldic motifs all such patterns feature in this catalogue. Occasionally clients also had their names and a date woven in. Most of this napery originates from weaving centres in the Southern and Northern Netherlands, Germany, Scotland, Ireland, and Russia.

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