{"product_id":"12th-century-musical-instruments-from-saint-denis-by-turreau-1","title":"10th- to 11th-Century Musical Instruments and Woven Textile Fragment by Nicolas-Xavier Willemin","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e10th- to 11th-Century Musical Instruments and Woven Textile Fragment\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eDesigned, drawn, and engraved entirely by Nicolas-Xavier Willemin (1763–1839) (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"79\"\u003eWillemin del. \u0026amp; sculp.\u003c\/i\u003e), this exquisite hand-colored print executed in 1866 documents decorative artifacts spanning the 10th and 11th centuries (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"224\"\u003eMonumens du X.me au XI.me Siècle\u003c\/i\u003e). The upper section illustrates figure studies and musical instruments (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"329\"\u003eInstrumens de Musique\u003c\/i\u003e) derived from an enamelled basin discovered near Soissons (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"410\"\u003eTirés d'un Bassin d'émail trouvé à une 1\/2 Lieue de Soissons\u003c\/i\u003e), showing seated and standing figures playing small harps alongside two stringed instruments. Directly beneath this register is a profile line drawing of the basin itself, noted as held in the Bibliothèque Impériale. The lower section features a detailed rendering of a woven gold and silk textile fragment (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"779\"\u003eEtoffe d'or et de Soye\u003c\/i\u003e) decorated with rosettes, scrolling borders, and roundels enclosing lions and eagles, which was unearthed from a tomb in the main chapel of the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. This plate was published in Willemin’s monumental work \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"1034\"\u003eMonuments français inédits pour servir à l'histoire des arts depuis le VIe siècle jusqu'au commencement du XVIIe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreated during the rise of 19th-century Romanticism and the French Gothic Revival, this work forms part of a pioneering effort to systematically record and preserve France's medieval material heritage. Auguste-Xavier Leprince and artists like A. Giroux worked alongside Nicolas-Xavier Willemin to document early French art history and archaeology, with a focus on capturing medieval sculpture, architectural reliefs, and manuscript illuminations. This specific plate holds immense historical importance in organology (the study of musical instruments) and art history; by combining architectural relief details from Chartres Cathedral with manuscript studies from the Bibliothèque Impériale and Belgian archives, Willemin provided invaluable comparative documentation of 12th-century Romanesque instrument design long before the advent of photographic reproduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eH 17 ¼” x 11” W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: A few minor tears at the edges\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54557172171031,"sku":"PR0191-5","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0668\/3607\/0679\/files\/PR0191-5.1.jpg?v=1785249874","url":"https:\/\/antonioraimogallery.com\/products\/12th-century-musical-instruments-from-saint-denis-by-turreau-1","provider":"ANTONIO RAIMO GALLERY","version":"1.0","type":"link"}