'Wroughte in gold and silk' : preserving the art of historic tapestries

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'Wroughte in gold and silk' : preserving the art of historic tapestries

Anita Quye, Kathryn Hallett and Concha Herrero Carretero

National Museums Scotland in association with Historic Royal Palaces, Patrimonio Nacional, 2009

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Wroughte in gold and silk : preserving the art of historic tapestries

Preserving the art of historic tapestries

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Logo for "MODHT" appears on t.p. ; "The research project 'Monitoring of Damage in Historic Tapestries' was supported by the European Community under the Fifth Framework Programme and contributed to the implementation of the Key Action 'The City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage' through the subsection 'Improved Damage Assessment of Cultural Heritage' within the Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development Programme, contract number EVK4-CT-2001-00048."--Aknowledgements and biographical information (p. iv)

Bibliography: p. 134

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Description

This book features exceptionally important tapestries from major European collections showing the world-class research - scientific, artistic and historical - applied to their preservation. The collections, mostly of Renaissance Flemish tapestries, belong to the UK's Royal Collection at Hampton Court Palace (for example, a piece from a set depicting 'The Story of Tobias' first noted in Henry VIII's inventory of 1547); the Spanish Royal Collections tapestries at the Palacio Real, Madrid; and tapestries from several sites in Belgium. The information is presented in an understandable and practical way.

Table of Contents

Forewords: Jane Carmichael, National Museums Scotland Sir Hugh Roberts, The Royal Collection Yago Oico de Coana y Valicourt, Patrimonio Nacional Introduction by David Howell Ch. 1 The Approach for the MOHT Project Ch. 2 Historic Tapestries ch. 3 Model Tapestries Ch. 4 Results Ch. 5 The Project in Practice: A Case Study from Historic Royal Palaces Appendix 1: Technical Details and Protocols for Scientific Analysis Appendix 2: Dyeing Recipes Bibliography

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