Work of Art Record 42929

Record No

42929

Collection

Opus Anglicanum: The Evelyn Thomas Database of Medieval English Embroidery

Inventory Number

Christie No.: 180

Location

France, Île-de-France, Paris, Musée de Cluny

Date

second quarter 14c.

Subject Headings

Figure, Female

Notes

Third of three fragments of horse trapper, decorated with heraldry of England. Detail of female figure, ornament and attached cabuchon.

Citations

London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Opus Anglicanum (1963), p. 38 cat. 76; pl. 18

London, Royal Academy of Arts, Age of Chivalry (1987), pp. 160, 202 cat. 12; fig. 12 p. 202

Staniland, K., Embroiderers (1991), p. 29; figs. 25-26

Paris, Musée de Cluny, Musée national du Moyen Age (1993), p. 167

Synge, L., Art of embroidery: history of style and technique (2001), fig. 35

Paris, Musée de Cluny, Musée national du Moyen Age: The Cluny Thermae (2003), p. 92; fig.

Encyclopedia of Dress and Textiles in the British Isles c. 450-1450 (2012), p. 277

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