Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 16. (Budapest, 1997)

PÁSZTOR Emese: „Tafota, melyre az virágokat írták"

It was generally made of broad-cloth, but some were embellished with appliqué work, or even made "from material interwoven with silver" or velvet embroidered with skofium. From the 1629 inventory of Prince Gábor Bethlen

's Gyulafehérvár palace (published by Baranyai, Bélané: Bethlen Gábor gyulafehérvári palotájának öszszeírása 1629. augusztus 16-án [Inventory of the Gyulafehérvár Palace of Gábor Bethlen Compiled on August 16, 1629]. In: Művészettörténeti Dokumentációs Központ Évkönyve J 959-60 [Yearbook of the Art History Documentation Centre, 1959-60]. Budapest, 1961, pp. 229-258) it appears that this type of Turkish horse-blanket was very much favoured in Transylvania in the early 17th century, since, in addition to 28 cafrags the inventory listed 15 different kinds of jakub. 24. Radvánszky 1888, pp. 116-17 25. Radvánszky 1888, p. 119 26. Szilágyi, Sándor: Levelek és okiratok I. Rákóczi György keleti összeköttetései történetéhez. Budapest, 1883, p. 276 27. The technical, microscopic analysis of the artefacts was conducted by Katalin E. Nagy, head of the Textile Restoration Department at the Museum of Applied Arts. She also took the macrophotographs. 28. Taffeta is not found on artefacts covered with small, dispersed ornamention (saddles, saddle-cloths, etc.).