TY - BOOK ID - 61543890 TI - Tudor textiles PY - 2020 SN - 9780300244120 0300244126 PB - New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press DB - UniCat KW - Applied arts. Arts and crafts KW - court art KW - cloth KW - tapestries KW - embroidery [visual works] KW - Tudor [Dynasty] KW - Textile fabrics KW - Clothing and dress KW - Clothing and dress. KW - Textile fabrics. KW - History KW - 1485-1603 KW - Great Britain KW - Great Britain. KW - Apparel KW - Clothes KW - Clothing KW - Clothing and dress, Primitive KW - Dress KW - Dressing (Clothing) KW - Garments KW - Beauty, Personal KW - Manners and customs KW - Fashion KW - Undressing KW - Cloth KW - Fabrics KW - Textile industry and fabrics KW - Textiles KW - Decorative arts KW - Dry-goods KW - Weaving KW - Textile fibers UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:61543890 AB - 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. ER -