An Indo-Portuguese Embroidery in the Bargello
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Article analyzing an early seventeenth-century Indo-Portuguese embroidered wall hanging in the Museo Nazionale (Bargello), Florence, worked in yellowish-white Tussur silk chain-stitch on a purplish-blue cotton ground. It examines the layout of twelve medallions (heraldic eagles, hunt scenes, David and Goliath), the border scenes, and the sources of the motifs in European, Indian and Persian art. It compares the piece with related Indo-Portuguese hangings and coverlets and with ivory-decorated and inlaid objects. Footnotes give a technical summary and references; illustrations include diagrams of the design structure and detail photographs.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1970
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 21
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