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A
rare and amazing mid 15th century Italian Renaissance gold thread picture
band
woven for a church vestment. This piece depicts an angel at the top
followed by a sun
with the initials IHS, which stand for In His Service, next is another
angel and on the
bottom is the Virgin Mary. Woven along the sides are bands with scrolls
and flowers all
edged with a coordinating silk and metallic fringe. Lined on the back
with red silk.
Renaissance woven pictures were the predecessors to the woven orphrey
band and
were in fashion from 1450- 1550. They were woven with the gold threads
at the
beginning changing over to silk by the turn of the century. Woven on
small looms in a
lampas style, which gives this band it’s raised pictorials, generally
with a satin ground.
Condition: One small burn mark as pictured and this piece does have
small areas of
water stain that only seem to show up in the pictures but can be seen
more clearly on the
back lining. The top angel of this piece does have loose threads as
seen in the picture
but I in no way compromises the integrity of the textile. Overall a
truly amazing early
piece. |
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