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The velvets : in the Collection of the Costume Gallery in Florence = I velluti : nella collezione della Galleria del costume di Firenze / Roberta Orsi Landini.
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Orsi Landini, Roberta
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Italian
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Firenze : Mauro Pagliai editore ; Riggisberg : Abegg-Stiftung, [2017]
Description
325 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
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Velvet
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Italy
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Summary note
"Velvets were extremely elaborate and sumptuous fabrics. For this reason they were subject to particular attention from the silk guilds of the cities where they were woven, Florence, Lucca, Venice, Genoa and Milan. From the fourteenth century onwards regulations prescribed the exact technical characteristics of velvets. By comparing the surviving regulations with the data derived from technical analyses of all four hundred velvets conserved in the Costume Gallery in Florence the author is able to suggest attributions of the fabrics to individual cities. The results represent an important step forward in the study of Italian textiles. In a series of introductory essays the author discusses different categories of velvets, including velvets intended for furnishings and clothing. The text is accompanied by many illustrations of contemporary portraits and interiors"--Publisher's description.
La Galleria del Costume di Firenze conserva una prestigiosa collezione di tessuti antichi, perlopiù ancora sconosciuta al pubblico e agli studiosi. Particolarmente interessanti sono i circa 400 velluti di seta prodotti tra il XV e il XVII secolo in Europa da tessitori altamente qualificati. Attraverso i costumi della collezione l'autrice ricostruisce la storia del velluto da seta, lavorazione raffinata che ha cambiato il proprio aspetto durante i secoli, prediligendo talvolta gli effetti luminosi, talvolta quelli plastici. L'indagine sulle manifatture italiane dell'epoca, che erano leader mondiali in questo campo, è basata sul confronto tra le analisi sui singoli pezzi e sulle legislazioni promulgate nei principali centri produttivi come Firenze, Genova, Lucca, Milano e Venezia. I risultati della ricerca, esposti con l'ausilio di immagini a colori, rappresentano un contributo fondamentale per lo studio dei tessuti antichi.-- Provided by Publisher.
Notes
Catalog of the collection.
Bound.
Joint edition.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-325).
Language note
Text in Italian with parallel English translation.
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Velluti : nella collezione della Galleria del costume di Firenze
ISBN
9788856403350 ((Mauro Pagliai editore))
8856403358
9783905014655 ((Abegg Stiftung))
3905014653
OCLC
971545601
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