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Shirt
unknownlate 17th century
Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest
Budapest, Hungary
A typical 17th century Hungarian shirt, with short, straight sleeves and a round neck. The edges of the sleeves are decorated with a narrow line of metal thread. The pattern shows pomegranates among lobed leaves. A shirt of a similar cut is worn by Duke Pál Esterházy in his 1655 portrait.
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Details
- Title: Shirt
- Creator: unknown
- Date Created: late 17th century
- Location Created: Hungary
- Physical Dimensions: 79 x 169 cm
- Subject Keywords: applied art, textile, costumes, historical costumes
- Type: artifact
- Rights: Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, 2023, CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0
- External Link: 13544 (inv. no.), shirts made using the pillow (bobbin) lace technique in the collection of Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, contemporary artefacts in the Textile and Costume Collection of the Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest, Historical costumes (thematic collection), Szilágyi A.: Metallic Thread Lace Ornaments on the Textiles of the Esterházy Treasury. Ars Decorativa 28, 2012. Iparművészeti Múzeum, Budapest, 2012. - 55-74:62. (Erdei Lilla)
- Medium: silver thread, silver-gilt thread, canvas
- Art Genre: applied arts
- Art Movement: Renaissance
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