Sisterhood
Hanging
ca. 1920 (made)
ca. 1920 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Tapestry weaving was one of the traditional crafts that was revived at the beginning of the 20th century in Hungary. Many fine hangings were woven to the designs of contemporary artists. Noemi Ferenczy was born into a family of eminent artists and studied tapestry weaving at the Gobelins in Paris. She combined considerable artistic talent with weaving skills and her work is an important link between the European folk tradition of tapestries and the modern tapestries made by today's artist-weavers.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sisterhood |
| Materials and techniques | Tapestry-woven in wool |
| Brief description | 1920c, Hungarian; Ferenczy, Naomi. "Sisterhood" |
| Physical description | Eight miniature figures of robed women perch on branches of a tree amidst dense orange and red leaves. |
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| Credit line | Presented by Art Fund |
| Summary | Tapestry weaving was one of the traditional crafts that was revived at the beginning of the 20th century in Hungary. Many fine hangings were woven to the designs of contemporary artists. Noemi Ferenczy was born into a family of eminent artists and studied tapestry weaving at the Gobelins in Paris. She combined considerable artistic talent with weaving skills and her work is an important link between the European folk tradition of tapestries and the modern tapestries made by today's artist-weavers. |
| Bibliographic reference | Kinchin, Juliet. In the Eye of the Storm: Lili Markus and Stories of Hungarian Crafts, Design and Architecture, 1930-1960 (with contributions by Thomas A Markus and Eva Horanyi).Glasgow: University of Strathclyde, 2008, pp. 42-43. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.41-1942 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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