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Saint Teresa Engraving On Copper Glass Domed Embroidery Microbeads Antique 1800
Saint Teresa Engraving On Copper Glass Domed Embroidery Microbeads Antique 1800
A great devotional masterpiece of the nineteenth century: a precious engraving on a copper slab depicting Santa Teresa , kept under an original bombed glass, framed by an elaborate embroidery entirely handmade with black and white glass microperlin.
These works, of patient and refined workmanship, were often made in convents and monasteries with cloistered nuns, who intertwined their prayer to craftsmanship, creating unique pieces intended for chapels, domestic altars or as a votive gift.
- Width 48cm (πΊπΈ 18.9")
- height 44 cm (πΊπΈ 17.3 ")
πΌ Support: Finely detailed copper engraving
π Subject: Santa Teresa with 12 -star halola
πͺ Protection: original bombed glass of the time
π¨ frame: hand embroidery in black and white glass microperrals, three-dimensional floral motifs
β Number: original handwritten label on the back "N. 43"
π° era: 19th century (ca. 1800)
π Origin: Italian conventual or central-European production production
π‘ Prestigious note: the excellent conservative state of the bombed glass and the presence of the original label make it particularly interesting for collectors and fans of sacred art.
π An era of devotion and art π in the nineteenth century, in the female religious communities, the art of embroidery with microbeads was considered a form of active meditation: every point and each thread was accompanied by a prayer. This artifact, with its harmony of materials and the precision of details, is not only a sacred object of art but also a lively testimony of the spirituality and manual talent of women of the time.
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