The Industrial Arts in SpainRiaño, Juan F. (Juan Facundo)
History
The Industrial Arts in Spain
Riaño, Juan F. (Juan Facundo)
Decorative arts -- Spain -- History; Pottery -- Spain -- History
Three of the brothers Vandergoten were already dead in 1774. Cornelius
alone was alive. In the same year the Spanish artists, Antonio Moreno,
Domingo Galan, Tomas del Castillo, and Manuel Sanchez were placed at the
head of these works, under the superintendence of Sanchez, who continued
there until his death in 1786, when he was succeeded by his nephew,
Livinio Stuck. This manufactory was much neglected at the end of the
last century; it was destroyed by the French in 1808, and was
rehabilitated in 1815 under the direction of a son of Stuck. This family
continues to work there in the present day. The carpets made at the
manufactory of S^{ta.} Barbara are of the highest excellence and
artistic order.
Very fine tapestries have been made at this manufactory during the last
century, some after original cartoons of excellent painters and others
reproductions of ancient Flemish ones belonging to the royal
collections. During the years 1721 to 1724 the tapestries representing
pastoral subjects after Teniers were woven there, and a series of
hunting subjects which still exist at the Pardo and palace of Madrid.
The excellent copy of the series of tapestries representing the conquest
of Tunis, after cartoons by William Pannemaker were made partly at
Seville and partly at Santa Isabel and Santa Barbara. The tapestries
representing scenes from the life of Don Quixote, designed by the
painter Procaccini, were also made at the looms of Santa Barbara.
Fine carpets in the Turkish style were made there under the
superintendence of Cornelius Vandergoten, who excelled in this special
industry. Carpets also in the French style of the Gobelin manufactory
were made at the same time. The best specimens of carpets and tapestries
of the manufactory of Santa Barbara, will be found at the palaces of the
Escorial, the Pardo, and Madrid. The series made from cartoons of
Teniers and the Spanish painter Goya are extremely interesting. A
complete collection of photographs of the foreign and Spanish tapestries
at the palace of Madrid will be found in the Art Library of the South
Kensington Museum.
LACE.
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