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Embroidery pages from L'Art a L'Exposition Universelle de 1900 [Art at the Universal Exposition of 1900]
Embroidery pages from L'Art a L'Exposition Universelle de 1900 [Art at the Universal Exposition of 1900]
Monograph · 5 pages · French
Five pages extracted from the French work L'Art à l'Exposition Universelle de 1900, comprising the title page and the "Broderies" section (pp. 492-495) of the chapter on art textiles. The author reviews the embroidery exhibits at the Paris Exposition, praising Japanese silk embroidery and criticizing German, Russian, Romanian, American and French pieces as weak or merely imitative of older models. It discusses Hungarian and Russian revivals of historical embroidery, and includes one illustration of a tapestry woven in the Trondhjem atelier.
Lace payés from L'Art a L'Exposition Universelle de 1900 [Art at the Universal Exposition of 1900]
Lace payés from L'Art a L'Exposition Universelle de 1900 [Art at the Universal Exposition of 1900]
Monograph · 6 pages · French
Excerpt from the 1900 book L'Art à l'Exposition Universelle de 1900, consisting of the title page and the 'Dentelles' (lace) section of the chapter on art textiles. The French text reviews the lace shown at the Paris Exposition, covering needle lace (Alençon), bobbin lace, the decline of quality, machine imitations, and the modern lace of the Vienna School of Decorative Arts. Illustrations show a lace collar, a bobbin lace edging, and a lace fan made by Mathilde Hedlicka and Franziska Hofmanninger after designs by Johann Herdlicka.
Tapestry pages from L'Art a L'Exposition Universelle de 1900 [Art at the Universal Exposition of 1900]
Tapestry pages from L'Art a L'Exposition Universelle de 1900 [Art at the Universal Exposition of 1900]
Monograph · 41 pages · French
An extract from the review volume on art at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition, covering the chapter "Les tissus d'art: Tapisseries". The author surveys tapestries and carpets on show, starting with the Spanish crown tapestries in the Spanish pavilion, then the Gobelins, Beauvais and Aubusson manufactories, William Morris and Burne-Jones tapestries, and German, Austrian, Scandinavian, Hungarian and other foreign work, including machine-woven tapestries from Tourcoing. He criticizes the weak modern cartoons and discusses the technique and decorative character of tapestry compared with painting and embroidery. The pages are illustrated with many halftone reproductions of tapestries and carpet models.
Tapestry section from L'Art a L'Exposition Universelle de 1900 [Art at the Universal Exposition of 1900]
Tapestry section from L'Art a L'Exposition Universelle de 1900 [Art at the Universal Exposition of 1900]
Monograph · 9 pages · French
An excerpt on tapestries ("Tapisseries") from the retrospective section of L'Art à l'Exposition Universelle de 1900, describing the tapestries shown at the Petit Palais. It surveys French tapestry from the medieval Arras and Paris workshops, including the Angers Apocalypse, the Bal des sauvages, the Sens Three Coronations tapestry and the Le Mans Saint Gervais and Saint Protais series, through to the Gobelins of the 17th century and the 18th-century pictorial tapestries. Illustrated with halftone plates of several of the tapestries. Written in French.
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