English Embroideries of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum
English Embroideries of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum
This book presents the Ashmolean Museum's collection of English seventeenth-century embroideries. It combines scholarly analysis with visual images in accordance with the established format of the Ashmolean's catalogues.The intriguing embroideries often made by affluent school girls, include pictorial panels and an elaborate box showing bible stories as well as costume accessories and fanciful items such as a frog-shaped purse. The introductory essay explores how the miniature world of kings and queens, biblical and classical heroes, courtiers and shepherdesses, set in landscapes with lovingly depicted animals and flowers, connects with the religious, political and social concerns of the turbulent seventeenth century. extensive use is made of contemporaneous sources ranging from letters to sermons. Detailed analysis and photographs reveal the fine stitches and the imaginative raised work embroidery techniques.
English embroideries, Ashmolean Museum, sixteenth century, seventeenth century, literature, women's status, women's education, iconography, social history, embroideries, gender studies
1854441930
The Ashmolean Museum of Art / Jonathan Horne Publications
Brooks, M.M.
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2004
Brooks, M.M.
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Brooks, M.M.
(2004)
English Embroideries of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries in the collection of the Ashmolean Museum
,
Oxford, UK.
The Ashmolean Museum of Art / Jonathan Horne Publications, 96pp.
Abstract
This book presents the Ashmolean Museum's collection of English seventeenth-century embroideries. It combines scholarly analysis with visual images in accordance with the established format of the Ashmolean's catalogues.The intriguing embroideries often made by affluent school girls, include pictorial panels and an elaborate box showing bible stories as well as costume accessories and fanciful items such as a frog-shaped purse. The introductory essay explores how the miniature world of kings and queens, biblical and classical heroes, courtiers and shepherdesses, set in landscapes with lovingly depicted animals and flowers, connects with the religious, political and social concerns of the turbulent seventeenth century. extensive use is made of contemporaneous sources ranging from letters to sermons. Detailed analysis and photographs reveal the fine stitches and the imaginative raised work embroidery techniques.
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Published date: 2004
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This book was published to co-incide with the exhibition at the Ashmolean Museum of Art, curated by the author, called 'Curious Works'. January-March 2004. The multi-disciplinary exhibtion linked rare bibiles, prints and ceramics with the imagery depicted on the pictorial embroideries. A series of guided tours and study days including papers by the author, accompanied the exhibition.
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English embroideries, Ashmolean Museum, sixteenth century, seventeenth century, literature, women's status, women's education, iconography, social history, embroideries, gender studies
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Winchester School of Art
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Local EPrints ID: 16381
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/16381
ISBN: 1854441930
PURE UUID: fe625c32-e46e-463f-bec0-5baf20767154
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Date deposited: 01 Aug 2005
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M.M. Brooks
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