Tristan Quilt

Detail of the Tristan quilt showing a noble and a herald.

The Tristan Quilt, sometimes called the Tristan and Isolde Quilt or the Guicciardini Quilt, is one of the earliest surviving quilts in the world.[1] Depicting scenes from the story of Tristan and Isolde, an influential romance and tragedy, it was made in Sicily during the second half of the 14th century.[2] There are at least two extant sections of the quilt, one of which is displayed in the Victoria and Albert Museum's Medieval and Renaissance Galleries, and the other in the Bargello in Florence.[1][2] A third quilt, also depicting Tristan and Isolde, but not thought to be part of the V&A and Bargello examples, is held in private hands.[3] The Tristan Quilts are the only known surviving intact examples of medieval quilts.[4]

  1. ^ a b The Tristan and Isolde Quilt. Accessed 7-02-2010
  2. ^ a b The Tristan Quilt in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Accessed 5-2-2010
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