Tudor textiles / Eleri Lynn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lynn, Eleri, author.

Contributor:

Historic Royal Palaces (Great Britain), sponsoring body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile fabrics--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Textile fabrics.

Textile fabrics--Social aspects--Great Britain--History--16th century.

Embroidery, Tudor.

Textile fabrics in art.

Clothing and dress.

Tudor, House of.

Courts and courtiers.

History.

Textile fabrics--Social aspects.

Great Britain--Court and courtiers--Clothing--History--16th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--History--Tudors, 1485-1603.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 192 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, in association with Historic Royal Palaces, 2021.

Summary:

At the Tudor Court, textiles were ubiquitous in decor and ceremony. Tapestries, embroideries, carpets, and hangings were more highly esteemed than paintings and other forms of decorative art. Indeed, in 16th-century Europe, fine textiles were so costly that they were out of reach for average citizens, and even for many nobles. This spectacularly illustrated book tells the story of textiles during the long Tudor century, from the ascendance of Henry VII in 1485 to the death of his granddaughter Elizabeth I in 1603. It places elaborate tapestries, imported carpets, lavish embroidery, and more within the context of religious and political upheavals of the Tudor court, as well as the expanding world of global trade, including previously unstudied encounters between the New World and the Elizabethan court. Special attention is paid to the Field of the Cloth of Gold, a magnificent two-week festival--and unsurpassed display of golden textiles--held in 1520. Even half a millennium later, such extraordinary works remain Tudor society's strongest projection of wealth, taste, and ultimately power.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. The Global Story

Tudor Textiles in Context

2. Power and Light

Textiles and Meaning at the Tudor Court

3. Private Spaces

The Textiles of the Privy Chambers

4. The Great Wardrobe

The Administration of Royal Textiles

5. Tudor Textiles

Materials and Techniques

6. Epilogue.

Notes:

"First published by Yale University Press 2020"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index.

ISBN:

0300260571

9780300260571

OCLC:

1241245004

Publisher Number:

99989319511