Embroidery
1250-1300 (made)
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This embroidered fragment is one of several related pieces in European museum collections. They are believed to have originally been part of a coronation robe donated by Richard of Cornwall among other objects to the coronation collegiate of Aachen in 1262.
In 1848 the fragments were separated from the robe in order to decorate a chasuble. The V&A acquired its fragment in 1863. In 1893, it underwent a restoration procedure used on a number of fragmentary historical textiles at that time, which had incomplete pattern repeats - it was glued to cardboard, and a watercolour painting was made alongside to indicate how the pattern would have looked if completed. The painting, commissioned from Blanche F Hunter, a professional artist, was skilfully done to imitate the texture of threads and stitches.
In 1848 the fragments were separated from the robe in order to decorate a chasuble. The V&A acquired its fragment in 1863. In 1893, it underwent a restoration procedure used on a number of fragmentary historical textiles at that time, which had incomplete pattern repeats - it was glued to cardboard, and a watercolour painting was made alongside to indicate how the pattern would have looked if completed. The painting, commissioned from Blanche F Hunter, a professional artist, was skilfully done to imitate the texture of threads and stitches.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Embroidered in gold and silk on blue silk satin |
| Brief description | blue silk, embroidered in gold, 1250-1300, German; joined to painted card 424-1893 |
| Physical description | worked in couched gold thread, and silk in split stitch, on silk satin. Design of winged griffin-like creature, and scrolling foliage. |
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| Object history | The fragment was acquired from the Bock collection. It relates to the so-called Lucca Chasuble at Aachen Cathedral in Germany.The chasuble is believed to have been made up in 1848 from an existing garment which may have been one of two recorded as being donated by Richard of Cornwall to the cathedral in 1262. Richard's symbols include crowned lions and griffinns, which appear on the chasuble. Some fragments were left after the conversion into a chasuble, and over a period of 20 years Bock sold these to various museum collections. There are also now fragemnts in Aachen Suermondt-Ludwig, the Musée des Tissus in Lyon, and the Cluny Museum in Paris. |
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| Summary | This embroidered fragment is one of several related pieces in European museum collections. They are believed to have originally been part of a coronation robe donated by Richard of Cornwall among other objects to the coronation collegiate of Aachen in 1262. In 1848 the fragments were separated from the robe in order to decorate a chasuble. The V&A acquired its fragment in 1863. In 1893, it underwent a restoration procedure used on a number of fragmentary historical textiles at that time, which had incomplete pattern repeats - it was glued to cardboard, and a watercolour painting was made alongside to indicate how the pattern would have looked if completed. The painting, commissioned from Blanche F Hunter, a professional artist, was skilfully done to imitate the texture of threads and stitches. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Illustrated and described in Verlorene Schätze : Ehemalige Schatzstücke aus dem Aachener Domschatz , ed G Minkenberg and S Ben Kayed, 2014 , cat. no. 29, together with associated pieces from other collections. |
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| Accession number | 8580-1863 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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