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Pierre Galafassi · February 27th, 2012, 06:13 PM

The red and white «chainmail» pattern of Jacques Coeur’s rug finds its nearly identical counterpart in the textile (or rug) spread on top of an animal rug (two anorexic birds around a tree of life) in a contemporaneous painting by S. di Pietro. This painting gives a better view of the motif: The weaver’s inspiration might be peacock’s tail feathers, rather than a chain mail.
I can't remember having seen this motif in any extant rug, does anybody?.

S. Di Pietro, 1455, Coronation of the Virgin, Yale Univ.
Regards
Pierre

February 27th, 2012, 06:13 PM	#2
Pierre Galafassi Members Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 153	The red and white «chainmail» pattern of Jacques Coeur’s rug finds its nearly identical counterpart in the textile (or rug) spread on top of an animal rug (two anorexic birds around a tree of life) in a contemporaneous painting by S. di Pietro. This painting gives a better view of the motif: The weaver’s inspiration might be peacock’s tail feathers, rather than a chain mail. I can't remember having seen this motif in any extant rug, does anybody?. S. Di Pietro, 1455, Coronation of the Virgin, Yale Univ. Regards Pierre