FLEXIBLE SOFTCOVER NOTEBOOK
Lined: 9781439796290
Unlined: 9781439796306
- Flexible softcover and spine
- 176 pages - 180 x 230mm (7 x 9in) - 100gsm
- Select LINED or UNLINED - 1x lined only available
- Lightweight and mobile - take it anywhere!
- Smythe sewn binding
- Back cover memento pouch
- Bookmark satin ribbon page marker
- Acid-free, archival paper
- Takes pen and ink beautifully
Velvet Dalmatic Collection
Our Velvet Dalmatic Collection is inspired by a piece of a 15th-century velvet dalmatic. A dalmatic is a tunic with wide sleeves worn as part of liturgical vestments and by British monarchs during coronation services. Velvets like these were originally woven on a special loom that created two thicknesses at the same time to achieve their marvellously soft texture and high pile. It was an expensive and detailed procedure, making velvet one of the Renaissance's most prized luxury fabrics.
The original velvet panel reproduced here was given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art as part of the Rogers Fund in 1945. It was one of a pair that was once owned by Marczell von Nemes, a Hungarian art financier, collector and dealer. This design is patterned using brocaded gilt metal thread in a seven-lobed shield outlined with teardrops, an artichoke-like botanical shape and tiny floral patterns.
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