ABEGG-STIFTUNG

			RIGGISBERGER BERICHTE, Volume 2 Varia 1994 The second volume of the Riggisberg Reports is a miscellany. It contains nine essays on prominent items from the Abegg Foundation’s collection. More detailed debates on individual objects in the collection can be published here than would be possible in the complete catalogues of the collections which are also being published. Particular importance given to non-textile objects for which a catalogue is intended to be published after the series of textile catalogues. Together with reports about the textile conservation work undertaken in Riggisberg and the conferences held there, the miscellany volumes are a focal point for future publications. The chronological span of the art works discussed in Vol. 2 extends from three tunics of late antiquity, via two English embroideries of the thirteenth century to Greco-Byzantine candle sticks and three Renaissance jewellery pieces to a richly carved mirror frame from late eighteenth century Turin. The discussion of individual items by a number of scholars gives a wide-ranging insight. John Peter Wild Tunic No. 4219: An Archaeological and Historical Perspective Penelope Walton Rogers Types of Wool in a Roman Damask Tunic, Abegg-Stiftung No. 4219 Daniël de Jonghe et Chris Verhecken-Lammens Le vêtement damassé 4219 de la Fondation Abegg à Riggisberg Chris Verhecken-Lammens Two Coptic Wool Tunics in the Collection of the Abegg-Stiftung: A detailed analysis of the weave techniques used Hans Christoph Ackermann Zwei Opus anglicanum-Stickereien mit Szenen aus dem Leben von Thomas Becket Karel Otavsky Zwei graeco-byzantinische Kerzenleuchter in der Abegg-Stiftung Geneviève François Torcello: la provenance incontestable des chandeliers émaillés de Riggisberg Francisca Costantini Lachat Trois bijoux Renaissance de la Fondation Abegg Peter Honegger Ein neoklassizistischer Spiegelrahmen aus Turin