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Sacred stitches : ecclesiastical textiles in the Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor
- Title
- Sacred stitches : ecclesiastical textiles in the Rothschild collection at Waddesdon Manor / Rachel Boak.
- Author
- Boak, Rachel.
- Publication
- Waddesdon, England : The Rothschild Foundation, 2013.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NK9201.5.E5 W34 2013g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 80 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm
- Summary
- "Sacred Stitches" accompanies an exhibition that will assemble together for the first time fragments of opulent and unique ecclesiastical textiles drawn from the stored collections at Waddesdon Manor. Dating from c. 1400 to the late 1700s, the textiles were acquired by several members of the Rothschild family, the greatest collectors of the 19th century, who sought the highest quality of workmanship with a keen sense of historical importance. Although it might seem strange for a Jewish family to collect objects associated with the Christian Church, the textiles were prized for their technical and artistic brilliance. Parts of altar frontals, vestments and other church furnishings, they survive as fragments, cushions, banners, as their original purposes were altered to suit tastes and interior styles of the late 1800s.
- Subjects
- Art objects > Private collections
- Embroidery
- Rothschild family
- Rothschild Familie, approximately ab 16. Jh
- Embroidery > 15th century > Exhibitions
- Embroidery > 18th century > Exhibitions
- Private collections
- Art objects > Private collections > England > Buckinghamshire > Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogs
- Liturgisches Gewand
- Embroidery > 17th century > Exhibitions
- Rothschild family > Private collections > Exhibitions
- England > Buckinghamshire
- Sammlung
- 1400 - 1799
- Embroidery > 16th century > Exhibitions
- Textilien
- Kirchengerät
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Note
- "Published to accompany the exhibition Sacred Stitches: Ecclesiastical Textiles in the Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor. Waddesdon Manor, 27 March - 27 October 2013"--Title verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 79).
- Contents
- Introduction -- Catalogue -- Altar frontals -- Banners, cushions, hangings & pictures -- Furniture -- Fragments & accessories -- Image robes -- The collection of textiles at Waddesdon.
- ISBN
- 0954731034
- 9780954731038
- OCLC
- ocn832313547
- 832313547
- SCSB-5772897
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries