Szilágyi András (szerk.): Ars Decorativa 27. (Budapest, 2009)

Emese PÁSZTOR - Márta TÓTH - Anikó PATAKI - Andrea VÁRFALVI: Turkish Cases from the Esterházy Treasury

MÁRTA TÓTH The Restoration of a Seventeenth-Century Turkish Bow-Case (Inv. no. 52.2865) from the Esterházy Treasury 1/2. The Fraknó inventory label strips of leather. The provenance of the artefact was indicated by the Fraknó inventory label stuck to its back. The materialsforming the layers of the case Fabric used for tracing out the pattern: plain-weaved taffeta; warp and weft thread: skin-coloured silk Ground fabric: cherry-red, plain, shortnapped velvet; warp and weft thread: silk Embroidery: padded raised embroidery Couching thread: Z-twist uncoloured cotton Metal thread used in the embroidery: thin silver-gilt wire, 5-6 strands twisted together Couching thread: yellow, Z-twist silk thread Outlining: cord made from silver-gilt wire Textile insets in the embroidery: silk fabric Warp thread: untwisted, beige silk, density: 64/cm Weft thread: green and yellow silk, density: 20/cm Description of the artefact The decorated front panel of the bow-case consists of embroidered velvet lined with leather, while its back panel is made from two types of leather.

4 ' Front and back were sewn together using long running stitch, after which the edges were trimmed using thin 1/1. The case before restoration 81