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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Over the course of almost thirty years we have been buying and exhibiting all kinds of medieval art. Only very rarely have we come across important and well-preserved textiles from this period; in these instances we put them away. But invigorated by the deserved renewal of interest that textiles are now enjoying we have attempted to understand them better and this publication is the result. After goldsmiths’ work tapestries and embroideries were among the costliest art forms of the Middle Ages due to their precious materials and the countless hours taken to produce them. Whether hung on the wall or worn about the person textiles provided a potent display of their owners’ wealth and status. Their vivid decoration also provided the perfect backdrop for courtly pageants royal ceremonies and liturgical festivals. Even the quickest glance at late medieval paintings shows just how forcefully textiles shaped the visual texture of the occasions they depict. Though always the works of specialist craftsmen in the later Middle Ages textiles were often made following designs supplied by the leading painters and designers of their age. Yet only a tiny fraction of what was made has survived. The fragility of the fabrics light damage and insects together with alterations of use have made this material extremely rare. (OS)