Glasgow Museums tapestries from the Burrell collection
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Glasgow Museums tapestries from the Burrell collection
Philip Wilson Publishers, 2017
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Tapestries from the Burrell collection : Glasgow Museums
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references ( p. [696]-711 ) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Lavishly illustrated, this book presents comprehensive entries for each of the tapestries in the Burrell Collection
New research by an international team of experts details how, where, when and why these tapestries were made. By analysing their raw materials and identifying the quirks of their weavers' techniques, by exploring their subject matter and design sources, occasionally linking them with named designers and weavers, and by discussing their original patrons and owners, each of the entries unveils the unique treasures within the Burrell's tapestry collection.
This is an informative survey of medieval, Renaissance and early modern European tapestries, including key examples from all the major production centres, celebrating the medium's significance and appeal for its original audiences. The collection's remarkable survival, remaining together as a group, also provides an unparalleled opportunity to enjoy the tastes, and the opportunities, available to an enlightened early twentieth-century collector such as Burrell, acquiring his tapestries during one of the most intense and exciting eras of modern collecting history.
The catalogue is prefaced by an essay on Burrell as a collector of tapestries and another on the history of the maintenance and care of tapestries. Appendices provide details of the dealers from whom Burrell bought the tapestries and on other noted collectors amongst his contemporaries. Illustrated conservation essays, a full bibliography and an index complete the volume.
The resulting work provides a record of a major collection which will become a benchmark for future research and interpretation of tapestries of the period.
Table of Contents
Forewords
Duncan Dornan, Head of Museums and Collections, Glasgow Life
Frances Fowle, Senior Burrell Trustee
Authors' Note and Acknowledgements
Notes
Essays
William Burrell's Tapestries: Collecting and Display - Elizabeth Hancock
A Brief History of the Maintenance and Care of Tapestries - Sarah Foskett
Hunting Birds and Beasts: Looking at Tapestries, a Conservator's Viewpoint - Helen M. Hughes and Sarah Foskett
Dye Sources Used in English Workshops: An Analysis of Early Tapestries from the Burrell Collection - Lore Troalen and Alison Hulme
Catalogue of Tapestries
Part 1: German, Swiss, Scandinavian and Dutch - Lorraine Karafel
Religious Themes: Old and New Testament Scenes, Prophets and Saints
Secular Life and Classical Scenes
Floral, Armorial and Decorative
Part 2: Southern Netherlandish and French - Elizabeth Cleland
Armorials
Verdures
Pastorals, Country Pursuits and Folklore
Mythology, Classical History and Post-Classical Legend
Secular and Religious Allegories
Episodes from the Old Testament, the New Testament, the Apocrypha and the Lives of the Saints
Fragments
Part 3: English - Elizabeth Cleland
Appendix A: Collectors - Elizabeth Hancock
Appendix B: Dealers - Elizabeth Hancock
Appendix C: List of Exhibitions and Installations which included Tapestries from the Burrell Collection - Jenny MacLeod and Kirsty Hassard
Appendix D: Sir William Burrell's Loans to Museums, Colleges and Cathedrals - Lauren Greene and Kirsty Hassard
Appendix E: List of Tapestries by Accession and Catalogue Numbers
Bibliography
Photographic Acknowledgements
Index
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