This volume, the tenth to be published in a projected series of sixteen, catalogues the European textiles and objects made of fabric in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Robert Lehman and his father, Philip Lehman, purchased textiles with the same well-trained eyes they used to acquire paintings, drawings, and decorative arts in general. Among the most distinguished and widely admired objects in the Collection are two series of embroidered roundels from fifteenth-century Flanders and four large tapestries, including the Last Supper after Bernaert van Orley that is arguably the finest Renaissance tapestry in an American collection. The Collection also includes a great number of ecclesiastical vestments and panels of magnificent silks and velvets in a vast array of techniques and styles that span more than six centuries. Many of these textiles were used to decorate the Lehman town house in Manhattan, as hangings, covers, or upholstery. They represent sixty-five years of assembling, owning, and living with historical fabrics on a day-to-day basis, and for scholars and laymen alike they document an American style of living and interior decoration that has largely disappeared.

The Robert Lehman Collection XIV: European Textiles.

THURMAN, Christa C. Mayer

History

Princeton University Press

Textiles in the Art Institute of Chicago

Works of lace, woven silk, velvet and other fine fabrics are among the masterpieces showcased in this book, an overview of textile art spanning 15 centuries. The author takes the reader on a tour of 87 masterworks selected to demonstrate the breadth of this collection.

Arts & Photography

Decorative Arts & Design

Art Inst of Chicago Museum Shop

Art Institute of Chicago

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized and presented at the Art Institute of Chicago from November 3, 2010 to February 7, 2011.

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SOFA Chicago 2010: Sculpture Objects & Functional Art Fair November 5-7, 2010 Navy Pier

CLARK, Garth

Glasgow, Andrew

KANG

Burgard, Timothy

The Art Fair Company

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