Order of the Saint Esprit Mantle, French, 16th century, Museé Cluny, Paris
Photograph
ca. 1900 (photographed)
ca. 1900 (photographed)
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A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a detail of an intricately embroidered mantle with tassels.
Object details
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| Title | Order of the Saint Esprit Mantle, French, 16th century, Museé Cluny, Paris (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph, 'Order of the Saint Esprit Mantle, French, 16th century, Museé Cluny, Paris', albumen print, ca. 1900 |
| Physical description | A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a detail of an intricately embroidered mantle with tassels. |
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| Gallery label | Cast CourtS Reinstallation, 27 November 2018
13. FACSIMILE PHOTOGRAPH
'606 Musée de Cluny. Order of the Saint-Esprit: Mantle, French, 16th Century'
Séraphin Médéric Mieusement, Musée de Cluny about 1870
By the late 19th century, many museums were photographing large parts of their collections and sharing those images widely. The photographer Séraphin Médéric Mieusemennt took hundreds of images of medieval objects in the Musée de Cluny (now the Musée de Moyen Age), including these fragile textiles. The V&A, among other museums, bought 670 of these photographs to add to its own collection and expand its visual encyclopaedia of ornament.
REPRODUCED FROM
Albumen print
Paris, France
Museum no. 318-1909
(27 November 2018) |
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| Accession number | 318-1909 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2018 |
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