Needlework as art (1886) (14779036571)

Identifier: needleworkasart00alfo (find matches)
Title: Needlework as art
Year: 1886 (1880s)
Authors: Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess, 1817-1888
Subjects: Embroidery Needlework
Publisher: London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington
Contributing Library: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Library



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ng spared it owing to its perfect materials andmanipulation, till it received cruel injuries by beingcarried off and thrown into the boor 0f Orsava during therevolution under Kossuth. It was, however, recoveredand restored, and was worn by the present emperor atthe splendid and picturesque ceremonial of his coronationat Pesth. The design reminds us of the mosaics in theapse of Santa Maria Maggiore and other churches atRome, and it is extremely beautiful. It consists of anarrangement of medallions and inscriptions, with metal-work ornaments in bands alternated with smaller medal-lions. Yet the figures are not so finely drawn as thoseof the Durham relics of the beginning of the tenth century!The drawing of the figures of the Gisela mantle resemblesthose on the garments of Walter de Cantilupe (plate 62),which, from their design and stitches, seem to be of this 1 Bock, Liturgische Gewander, i. taf. iii. pp. 157—160. - Bock ibid, p. 158, quotes the Jesuit Erasmus Frohlich (1754). PI. 66.
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Portion of the Coronation Mantle of Henry II. of Germany, embroidered by theEmpress Cunigunda. From Bocks Kleinodien. Page 322.