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Pisani, Rosanna Caterina Proto, Marco Ciatti, Cusanna Conti & Maria Grazia Vaccari. 2010. The Guicciardini "Quilt": Conservation of the Deeds of Tristan. Edizioni Firenze, Firenze. ISBN 978-88-7970-493-9
This wasn't a bookroom purchase -- One of the DISTAFF presenters had a bunch of copies and I managed to snag one during the Pseudo-Session tailgate party. (If "Pseudo-Session tailgate party" doesn't make sense to you, there's no point in trying to explain.) There's something in this catalog for everyone. To start with, there's the physical conservation process of the textile, including the application a vast number of different imaging techniques to understand the internal structure, plus details of the future storage and display. There's the historic context of the textile itself and how it has been interpreted. There's the context of the literary motifs and the various media in which they were interpreted at the time the quilt was created. There's the context of "white-work quilts" in general. And there's a brief summary of the creation of a replica of the quilt for additional display options. Whether you're interested in studying the original artifact or creating a reproduction or an "inspired by" textile of your own, this is the most detailed work I've seen to date on the topic. Note that the physical analysis only covers the portion of this quilt (or the part of this set of quilts -- depending on your interpretation) held at the Bargello Museum, although the discussion of the imagery and literary context also covers the part held at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
This wasn't a bookroom purchase -- One of the DISTAFF presenters had a bunch of copies and I managed to snag one during the Pseudo-Session tailgate party. (If "Pseudo-Session tailgate party" doesn't make sense to you, there's no point in trying to explain.) There's something in this catalog for everyone. To start with, there's the physical conservation process of the textile, including the application a vast number of different imaging techniques to understand the internal structure, plus details of the future storage and display. There's the historic context of the textile itself and how it has been interpreted. There's the context of the literary motifs and the various media in which they were interpreted at the time the quilt was created. There's the context of "white-work quilts" in general. And there's a brief summary of the creation of a replica of the quilt for additional display options. Whether you're interested in studying the original artifact or creating a reproduction or an "inspired by" textile of your own, this is the most detailed work I've seen to date on the topic. Note that the physical analysis only covers the portion of this quilt (or the part of this set of quilts -- depending on your interpretation) held at the Bargello Museum, although the discussion of the imagery and literary context also covers the part held at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
