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women supplied tapestries and other textiles in their own right: for example, Marguerite Boursette, wife of the textile trader Huart Wallois, sold three black textile chambers to the duchess of Burgundy after the death of John the Fearless in 1419, as Wilson notes. In chapter 1, Wilson establishes the main suppliers of textiles, identifying a small group of preferred dealers, their locations, and the period of their activity, from Jacquet Dourdin of Paris to Pasquier Grenier of Tournai. Wilson argues that these individuals depended on social networks to obtain materials, produce the textiles, and provide additional services such as hanging and repair. In turn, the textile dealers sometimes took on significant service roles at the Burgundian court, for example, as varlet de chambre. Benefiting perhaps from court positions and extensive social networks, they also often held leadership roles in their communities. Wilson explores the use of textiles in the Burgundian dominions in chapter 2, seeing these woven works as flexible architecture. Usually installed as sets of coordinated hangings, bed covers, and pillow covers, known as chambres, these textiles could set the tone of a room, b

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Author

Holly S. Hurlburt

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (CUP)

Published

2021

Language

EN

Field

Arts and Humanities (Social Sciences)