Umbrian Weaves
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A short 1918 article by Frances Morris on Umbrian household linens (tovaglie) shown at the Needle and Bobbin Club's annual meeting. It describes the coarse cotton diaper-patterned fabrics with deep blue grotesque bands, their use as towels and altar cloths, and the motifs such as the Perugian griffin, Guelph lion and fonte maggiore. It also discusses the fifteenth-century loom shown in Pinturicchio's 'Return of Ulysses', indigo dye, the modern revival, and lists contributors and references. Illustrated with halftones of a Rocchi Collection weave, Metropolitan Museum towels and the Pinturicchio detail.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1918
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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