Publication on textile supports

The Fabric of Images: European Paintings on Textile Supports in the
14th & 15th Centuries
Proceedings of the International Symposium held on  16 May 1998 at
the Courtauld Institute
Ed. Caroline Villers
ISBN:1873132271
Published by Archetype Publications November 2000

Introductory Price: UKP29.50 / $47.50

During the 14th and 15th centuries, painting on textile supports
was carried out side by side with panel paintings all over Europe.
So few works survive that this important aspect of artistic
production has been overlooked, especially in Italy, and the
appearance of these rare paintings is frequently misunderstood.

This volume of essays by conservators and art historians adopts an
interdisciplinary approach to visual and written evidence in order
to reconstruct what can be known about original display, function
and painting technique--defining a new subject area that has
implications for both conservation practice and historical study.

Contents:

    Four Scenes of the Passion Painted in Florence around 1400
    Caroline Villers

    The Decollation of St John the Baptist: The Examination and
    Conservation of a 15th Century Banner
    Alfredo Aldrovandi, Marco Ciatti, Chiara Rossi Scarzanella

    Documentary Evidence for the Materials and Handling of Banners,
    Principally in Umbria in the 15th and early 16th centuries
    Michael Bury

    The Technique and Materials of the Intercession of Christ and
    the Virgin attributed to Lorenzo Monaco
    Charlotte Hale

    The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin from Florence
    cathedral: iconographic and Ecclesiological significance
    Timothy Verdon

    Ambrogio Lorenzetti's Mappamundo: A 14th Century Picture of the
    World Painted on Cloth
    Thomas de Wesselow

    Fragile Devotion: Two Late 15th Century Italian Tuchlein
    Examined
    Helene Dubois and Liset Klaasen

    The Parement de Narbonne: Context & Technique
    Susie Nash

    The Function and Display of Netherlandish Cloth Paintings
    Catherine Reynolds

    Technical Observations on the So-Called Gro?es Zittauer
    Fastentuch A lenten veil dating from 1472 Ulrich Schiesel,
    Stefan Wulfert and Renate Kuhnen

    'Panni Dipinti di Fiandra': Netherlandish Painted Cloths in 15th
    Century Florence
    Paula Nuttall

This book can be purchased directly from the publisher (Archetype
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December, from Archetype's US distributor:

    Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
    UCLA
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