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Byzantine weaving and embroidery, (1898). Creator: Unknown.

Byzantine weaving and embroidery, (1898). 'Fig 1: Embroidered purple robe in the cathedral-treasure at Bamberg. Fig 2: Figured silk-stuff on the tunic of Henry II. in the National-Museum at Munich. Figs 3, 4 and 7: Embroidered borders from the Imperial Alb in the Imp. treasury at Vienna. Figs 5 and 6: Embroidered borders from the Imperial tunicle ibid. Fig 8: Embroidered borders on the German Emperor's mantle in the Imperial treasury at Vienna. Fig 9: Embroidery on the German Emperor's mantle ibid. Figs 10 and 11: Patterns painted on garments from tomb-stones in the church S. Lorenzo Fuori le mura at Rome...During this period an extensive trade was carried on in the most precious woven fabrics...in gorgeous embroidered materials and stuffs...Sicilian articles exhibiting clearly the influence of Arabian ornamentation, without denying Byzantine forms...the lion overpowering the camel seems intended to symbolize Christianity overruling Islam'. Plate 33 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898].
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Title:
Byzantine weaving and embroidery, (1898). Creator: Unknown.
Caption:
Byzantine weaving and embroidery, (1898). 'Fig 1: Embroidered purple robe in the cathedral-treasure at Bamberg. Fig 2: Figured silk-stuff on the tunic of Henry II. in the National-Museum at Munich. Figs 3, 4 and 7: Embroidered borders from the Imperial Alb in the Imp. treasury at Vienna. Figs 5 and 6: Embroidered borders from the Imperial tunicle ibid. Fig 8: Embroidered borders on the German Emperor's mantle in the Imperial treasury at Vienna. Fig 9: Embroidery on the German Emperor's mantle ibid. Figs 10 and 11: Patterns painted on garments from tomb-stones in the church S. Lorenzo Fuori le mura at Rome...During this period an extensive trade was carried on in the most precious woven fabrics...in gorgeous embroidered materials and stuffs...Sicilian articles exhibiting clearly the influence of Arabian ornamentation, without denying Byzantine forms...the lion overpowering the camel seems intended to symbolize Christianity overruling Islam'. Plate 33 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]
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CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY LITHOGRAPH
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3874 x 5918 px | 65.6 MB
Print size:
32.8 x 50.1 cm | 12.9 x 19.7 in (300 dpi)