Milan Quilts and Blankets

Decorative cotton blanket, entirely embroidered with Tussar silk, with a natural color tending to yellow. The embroidery decoration is made like a real horror vacui. There are several borders decorated with phytomorphic and floral motifs among which hunting and fighting scenes are taking place, with knights, warriors, real and fantastic animals. In the second border, in the corners and along the median lines, there are eight circular reserves within which there are various figures of ladies and knights, in some cases intent on hunting or feasting; also in the center of the blanket there is a banquet between a lady and a knight. In particular, one of these scenes is identifiable with the Judgment of Solomon, thanks to the iconography and the inscription in the cartouche above (“SEMS SALMO”). The recognition of the protagonist in this biblical character allows us to trace all the scenes to the narration to his life and, in particular, to the meeting with the Queen of Sheba, who appears full-length and crowned in one of the aforementioned medallions. Within the main reserve, the four corners are bounded by the bodies of a pair of snakes with their tails wrapped. In the corners thus formed there are four scenes, all accompanied by writings. Certainly useful is the one that allows us to identify the Judgment of Paris (“PALAS / IVNVS / VENVS / PA?ES”): the young man is handing the apple to Venus, behind which are his antagonists, Athena and Juno. Another scene is identifiable with the mythological episode of Actaeon ("AMTEAM"), where the young hunter...

This sweater is a Classic from the 1970s, both for the model that tightens around the waist and the black colour with camel hems and cuffs. Yves Saint Laurent is recognizable for th...

Finely worked in gros and petit point in silk and wool, this English needlepoint picture dates to the early part of the 17th century. It is complet...

A very rare, early Italian embroidery from Sicily very finely worked in emerald green silk on a gauze or linen background. It depicts a flamboyant pattern of grotesques alternated to...

Worked in gross and petit point in silk and wool, this French needlepoint picture dates to the Louis XIV period (17th century). It had been origina...

Worked in gross and petit point in silk and wool, this French needlepoint picture dates to the Louis XIV period (17th century). It had been origina...

A very unusual Tadjik embroidery from Central Asia depicting a pattern derived from a stylization of Islamic calligraphy. The cotton plain woven back...