Code: 04949360

Marseille

Name: Marseille
Brand: International Quilt Study Center & Museum
SKU: 04949360
Price: 24.96 EUR
Availability: InStock

by Kathryn Berenson

Language: English
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: International Quilt Study Center & Museum, 2010
More about this

24.96 €

RRP: 30.84 €

You save 5.88 €

In stock at our supplier
Shipping in 9 - 12 days

Add to wishlist

Caste and Outcast
25.06 € -7 %
Buy
Hamburger Küche
21.73 € -9 %
Buy
Oxford Reading Tree TreeTops Fiction: Level 12 More Pack B: Pack of 36
484.76 €
Buy
Art of Creation
23.65 €
Buy
Matter of the Facts
80.57 €
Buy
International Relations and the Limits of Political Theory
61.56 €
Buy
Makeover TV
135.26 €
Buy

Give this book as a present today

Order book and choose Gift Order.
We will send you book gift voucher at once. You can give it out to anyone.
Book will be send to donee, nothing more to care about.

Book gift voucher sample Read more

You get 62 loyalty points

Book synopsis

Marseille: The Cradle of White Corded Quilting, which accompanies an exhibition of the same name, traces the origins and the commercial development of "broderie de Marseille" needlework. During the seventeenth century these supple, all-white corded and quilted furnishings---from bedcovers to quilted bodices and caps---grew out of the thriving textile trade centred on France's Mediterranean port of Marseille as adaptations of popular foreign textile products. Broderie de Marseille is a form of three-dimensional textile sculpture using plain white cloth and white cotton cording, deftly manipulated with needle and thread to reveal patterns highlighted by the resulting play of light and shadow on the textile surface. Skilful execution of broderie de Marseille resulted in delicate, refined work that graced the homes and figures of aristocrats and launched a worldwide passion for all-white corded needlework. The quilted works were filled with imagery expressing contemporary cultural values, such as folk legends, heraldic devices and royal monograms (bedcovers), and floral wreaths and fruits symbolizing good fortune and fertility (wedding quilts). Contemporary versions, today often referred to commercially as matelasse, are machine made and thus lack the personal skills and intimate connections to the work represented by the confections of the original needle-workers. In this richly illustrated monograph Kathryn Berenson has exhaustively researched the fascinating story through a broad range of historical records, including household inventories, letters, commercial documents, and literary references.