Tag: brocade

28 May

details of damask

details of damask

…fabrics from the Palazo Segredo, Venice, c.1718

 
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12 Apr

Bargello textiles: reductionism

Bargello textiles: reductionism

Simplicity of form in this fragment, …references a paring down of motifs to their geometric basics. That idea has proliferated in textile patterning not just since the 1920′s (Bauhaus and Art Deco), but certainly from the ‘Biedermeier’ era…

 
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11 Apr

Bargello textiles: red brocade

Bargello textiles: red brocade

Florentine textile collections, the National Museum of the Bargello, Florence.

 
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14 Oct

Pomegranate: The Enduring Motif

Pomegranate: The Enduring Motif

In Greek mythology the fruit appears in the story of Persephone, stolen by Hades to the underworld. It was a symbol to the Helenic world of marriage, life and regeneration, which equally translated in medieval times to a symbol of fertility.

 
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