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Designs for Woven Silk and Embroidery (recto and verso)

Unknownlate 14th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Recto: Center of design occupied by stylized tree with cut-off branches. Lion attacking a hornless deer on the left. On the right, another deer is entangled in flowering tendrils. Verso: At top left a stylized fish in the form of an "O" has a woman in its jaws. On the bottom left, a medallion fragment is depicted with plant and rabbit motifs. Right side of sheet occupied by head of Christ surrounded by seraphim, five of whom are visible.

Details

  • Title: Designs for Woven Silk and Embroidery (recto and verso)
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: late 14th century
  • Physical Dimensions: w150 x h116 cm
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Friends of Textiles Fund
  • Medium: Pen and brown ink, traces of leadpoint (recto only) on vellum
  • Viewing Notes: Recto: Center of design occupied by stylized tree with cut-off branches. Lion attacking a hornless deer on the left. On the right, another deer is entangled in flowering tendrils. Verso: At top left a stylized fish in the form of an "O" has a woman in its jaws. On the bottom left, a medallion fragment is depicted with plant and rabbit motifs. Right side of sheet occupied by haloed head of Christ surrounded by seraphim, five of whom are visible.
  • Provenance: C.G. Boerner, Inc, New York; previously, Vera R. Schwarz, Larchmont, New York
  • Paper Support: Vellum
  • Exhibitions: New York- CHNDM, Opening Our Doors: Selections from the Design Resource Center, June 4-August 30, 1998.
  • Dimensions: 11.6 x 15 cm (4 9/16 x 5 7/8 in)
  • Bibliography: Bernhard Degenhart and Annegrit Schmitt, Corpus der italienischen Zeichnungen 1300-1450, Berlin: Gebr. Mann Verlag, 1980, pl. 72, p. 159, fig. 271 (det. recto).Susan Yelavich, Design for Life. New York: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum & Rizzoli, 1997, p. 49, no. 5 (verso illus.).Howard Coutts, Mark Evans, and Lisa Monnas, "An Early Italian Textile Drawing in the Victoria and Albert Museum," The Burlington Magazine, vol. CL (June 2008), p. 389, fig. 19 (recto); p. 390, fig. 21 (verso).

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