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Exhibition Review
A Taste for the Exotic: European Silks of the Eighteenth Century. Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg
11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: 960-962
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Reviewer:
Browne, Clare (Browne, Clare)
Subjects
art literature:
Slomann, Vilhelm
artists:
Leman, James
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Silks / Textiles / Costume
museums and institutions:
Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg, Switzerland
places:
Switzerland / Riggisberg
subjects:
Dress / Fashion / Exoticism / Pattern / Ornament / Colour / Style / Symmetry / Damask / Design / Chinoiserie / Orientalism / East-West trade
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
13. Woven silk, France or Italy. 1700–10, 259 by 226 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
Western art unattributed:
14. Woven silk, France or Italy. 1725–30, 99 by 77.5 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
Western art unattributed:
15. Woven silk, Amsterdam. c.1735, 143 by 52 cm. (Abegg-Stiftung, Riggisberg).
Article
The 'Bizarre' Silks
08/1958 | 665 | 100
Pages: 265-270
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Author:
Thornton, Peter (Thornton, Peter)
Subjects
art literature:
Slomann, Vilhelm
artists:
Leman, James
dates:
1650-1699
places:
England / India
places:
Italy / France / Netherlands / Spain
subjects:
Textiles / Silks / Indian
subjects:
Spitafields silks
subjects:
Documents / Correspondence
subjects:
Orientalism / Chinoiserie
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Designs for Spitalfields Silks. They are Inscribed as Shown Beneath Each Illustration. 2. 'London Novr. 9th 1706... A Satin Tishue... By Me James Leman.' 3. 'London Nov. 3 1707. A Flowd: Sattin with Changeing and Brocade... By Me James Leman.' 4. 'London Aprill 3rd 1708. This Pattern for an Orrace Tishue Brocaded with Gold and Silk... [By] James Leman.' 5. 'London June 13th 1710. This Pattern for an Orrace Tissue Brocaded with Silk, Gold,... [By] James Leman.' 6. 'London July 17th 1711. This Figure for a Damask Brocaded with Plain & Frost Gold... By James Leman.' 7. '... May 19th 1718' by James Leman. Figs.2 to 6 Reproduced by Kind Permission of Messrs Vanners & Fennell Bros. Ltd. Fig. 10 by Permission of the Cabinet des Estampes, Paris.
Attributed works:
Figs. 7, 8 and 9 by Permission of the Victoria and Albert Museum. 8. Design for Spitalfields Silk, Inscribed: 'May 4th 1720...' By James Leman. Vertical Repeat, 54 cm. 9. A Width of Woven Silk (Satin Diasper) with a Green Figured Ground Brocaded with Red Silk, Gilt Thread of Two Kinds, and with Silver Thread. Vertical Repeat, 72 cm.; Overall Height, 163 cm. Probably North Italian; about 1710. 10. 'Etoffe des Indes apportée en Europe en 1735': Samples of a Brocaded Satin from the Richelieu Collection. Height of Page, c.46 cm. Figs.2 to 6 Reproduced by Kind Permission of Messrs Vanners & Fennell Bros. Ltd. Fig. 10 by Permission of the Cabinet des Estampes, Paris.