Author: CHALMET, N. - G. DELMARCEL, N. POULAIN (ET.AL.)(EDITORICAL COMMITTEE),
Title: Mobiele Fresco's van het Noorden. Wandtapijten uit onze Gewesten, 16de-20ste eeuw. Exhibition catalogue Hessenhuis 5.3.[19]94-5.6.[19]94.
Description: Antwerpen, 1994. sm. 4°, limp glossy col. pict. wraps., 199pp. Numerous col. plates & ills., with extensive captions, notes to the chapters, bibliography, provenance of photos. Lavishly illustrated Exhibition catalogue, illustrating and describing Wallhangings and Gobelins, manufactured both in Belgium and the Netherlands from the 16th up till the 20th centuries. The catalogue includes a number of essays on the technique, restoration and preservation of old Gobelins (:) E. Janssen, Techniek van de Wandtapijten; IBID, Conservatie en restauratie van wandtapijten; A. Verhecken, De grondstoffen; vezels en kleurstoffen (raw materials: fibres & dyes); G. Delmarcel & I. van Tichelen, Wandtapijtkunst in de Zuidelijke Nederlanden tijdens het Ancien Regime; N. Poulain, De tapijtkunst tijdens het Interbellum; etc. A splendid catalogue, beautifully executed. Very fine copy.

Keywords: exhibition catalogue gobelins flemish dutch wall hangings tapestries conservation restauration history development preservation