This object is from the collection of Natalia de Shabelsky (1841-1905), a Russian noblewoman compelled to preserve what she perceived as the vanishing folk art traditions of her native country. Traveling extensively throughout Great Russia, she collected many fine examples of textile art of the wealthy peasant class. From the 1870s until moving to France in 1902, Shabelsky amassed a large collection of intricately embroidered hand-woven household textiles and opulent festival garments with rich decoration and elaborate motifs. The Brooklyn Museum holdings include many fine examples including the majority of the garments. Portions of Shabelsky's collection are also housed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Cleveland Art Museum, and the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg.This panel incorporates the whimsy of mythical animals depicted in opulent materials. The confronting lions are particularly charming with their curling tongues and beaded eyes.

Su fondo in taffetas in seta bianca prodotta da un ordito e una trama di fondo in seta, opera per trama lanciata in argento, anima in seta bianca, che lega al taffetas di fondo

Fondo in raso e applicazioni ricamate in raso bianco

Armatura in raso prodotta da un ordito e una trama di fondo in marrone/opera per trame lanciate in argento e marrone legate a un ordito di legatura in marrone/ trame broccate in sete policrome legate in diagonale o lanciate a formare il dsegno a motivo floreale

Velluto operato ad un corpo, tagliato e riccio, su fondo in velluto giallo chiaro disegno in nero e giallo ocra

This object is from the collection of Natalia de Shabelsky (1841-1905), a Russian noblewoman compelled to preserve what she perceived as the vanishing folk art traditions of her native country. Traveling extensively throughout Great Russia, she collected many fine examples of textile art of the wealthy peasant class. From the 1870s until moving to France in 1902, Shabelsky amassed a large collection of intricately embroidered hand-woven household textiles and opulent festival garments with rich decoration and elaborate motifs. The Brooklyn Museum holdings include many fine examples including the majority of the garments. Portions of Shabelsky's collection are also housed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Cleveland Art Museum, and the Russian Museum of Ethnography in St. Petersburg.The use of gold and pearls indicate that this panel was quite costly. Though it dates from the late-17th to early 18th century, the lace is likely a later edition, probably the later 18th-century.

One of a set of seven. Red, orange, brown and shades of yellow crewels worked with a variety of stitches, including stem, seed, buttonhole, lattice work,  French knots, bullion, etc., on a linen-and-cotton weft twill ground fabric. The design shows a central tree island with bizarre flowers and exotic fruits, Condition: Good. See matching bed curtains (63.1023-.1026) and matching valance (63.1027).

1675 / 1725, Turkey

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