Embroidery
1370-1400 (made)
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Panel of a white-on-white, linen on linen embroidery that once formed part of a frieze-like border of one end of the lectern cover preserved in Wiesenkirche in Soest, Westphalia (Germany). Worked mainly in chain stitches with coarse thread, in a well-distributed pattern of leafy formal scrolls, trees and groups of figures, its embroidery depicts two scenes iconographically linked to the subject of the Holy Hunt of the Unicorn. The composition is partially split into two scenes by a tree which is approximately placed in the middle. On the left part, a man is seen leading three horses, while on the far right is a hunter with a hare hung on a stick slung over his shoulder. He is turned forward a maiden seated with the unicorn's front hooves on her lap.
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Materials and techniques | Embroidered linen |
Brief description | linen; hunting scene; 1370-1400, German |
Physical description | Panel of a white-on-white, linen on linen embroidery that once formed part of a frieze-like border of one end of the lectern cover preserved in Wiesenkirche in Soest, Westphalia (Germany). Worked mainly in chain stitches with coarse thread, in a well-distributed pattern of leafy formal scrolls, trees and groups of figures, its embroidery depicts two scenes iconographically linked to the subject of the Holy Hunt of the Unicorn. The composition is partially split into two scenes by a tree which is approximately placed in the middle. On the left part, a man is seen leading three horses, while on the far right is a hunter with a hare hung on a stick slung over his shoulder. He is turned forward a maiden seated with the unicorn's front hooves on her lap. |
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Object history | Purchased by the V&A from Canon Franz Bock, a German collector of medieval textiles. This object was originally part of a larger textile (a lectern cover) from the Church of St. Mary in the Meadow in Soest, Westphalia. |
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Accession number | 1309-1864 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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