Exhibition Posters

Embroidered floral still life; Amsterdam, signed Anthonij Janssen, c. 1650; embroidery with silk threads on silk atlas; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 2225. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Uldry AG

Child’s coat; Mount Lebanon, 13th century; cotton, linen, and silk; Direction Générale des Antiquités du Liban, inv. no. 116360. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Uldry AG

Embroidered border (detail); Peru, south coast, late Paracas/early Nasca culture, 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 1080. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Uldry AG

Linen damask with grapevines; United Provinces, 1660–1680; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 3573 . Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Silk weaving with Arabic inscription; Granada, 14th century; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 5838 . Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Sleeve ornament for a tunic (detail); tapestry weave in linen and wool; Egypt, 7th to 9th century; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 1085. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Silk weaving with bizarre pattern; France or Italy, 1700–1710; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 2182. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Silk hanging with stags in a medallion (detail); Central Asia, 8th to mid-9th century; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 5682. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Silk with panthers and birds; Italy, 2nd half of the 14th century; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 459. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Multi-coloured velvet with flowers and fruits; Italy, 1420–1430; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 179. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Silk weaving with peacock; Middle East (?), late 11th/early 12th century; Hildesheim, Dommuseum, inv. no. D 2009-4d. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Embroidery with animal and plant motifs; Central Europe, 17th century; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 5445. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Tapestry with the Annunciation (detail); France, c. 1500; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 1545. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Velvet with pomegranate plant brocaded in gold threads; Italy, 15th century; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 818. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Lettra Design

Silk damask with embroidered ducks; Central Asia, 7th to 8th century; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 4902. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Lettra Design

Personification of spring; woollen tapestry weaving, Egypt, 3rd to 4th century; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 5345. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Lettra Design

Silk weaving with dogs, griffons and blossoms; Central Asia, 13th century; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 5326 a–b. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Lettra Design

Woollen tapestry hanging with winged horses (detail); Egypt, 3rd to 4th century AD; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 2191. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Lettra Design

Woman’s doublet with small slashes; Cologne, c. 1625–1635; Darmstadt, Hessisches Landesmuseum, inv. no. KG 52:9. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

State costume of the Elector Moritz of Saxony; Dresden, c. 1547-1550; Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Rüstkammer, inv. no. I.1. Gestaltung: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, Foto: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), Druck: Serigraphie Uldry

Silk skirt with embroidered dragon (detail); China, Liao-Dynastie (907-1125); Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 5252. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry

Silk wall-covering, France, c. 1788–1790; Abegg-Stiftung, inv. no. 5173. Design: Franziska Schott & Marco Schibig, photo: Abegg-Stiftung (Christoph von Viràg), print: Serigraphie Uldry