[Ponte Alto] Textiles from the Cloisters

Jessica Maxson jessica at maxson.com
Tue Jan 16 07:00:14 PST 2007


Quoting Sabine Berard <sabine at herald.sca.org>:

>
>> Yeay! Wow! And Wow. I'm in agreement. I wanna visit the Cloister's now. :)
>
> Well a visit to the Cloisters is a trip all SCAdians should make once in
> their lifetimes, many more if able.  Textiles (excluding tapestries)
> aren't even a major feature of their collection.  Architecture,
> tapestries, frescoes, stained glass, and sculpture dominate.  And THEN
> there's the Met...
>
> Sabine

And be sure to save up some money for the bookstore(s)... OK, a LOT of money.

--Giuliana, who wants to go back to the Met to see the paintings and  
portrait gallery - didn't even make it there on the last trip. And the  
Costume Institute wasn't open then, so must see that as well...



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