Purrquoise Cat Silk Scarf Holbein and David Featherstone

and David Featherstone

Paul Getty Museum and is a specialist in Flemish illumination

Susan Womer Katzev

- 384 pages

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Purrquoise Cat Silk Scarf Holbein and David FeatherstoneThe sculpture reproduction of a cat, fondly known as Purrquoise, that inspired this silk scarf is made of Chinese porcelain. Glazed in a luminous turquoise, a hole on the lower part of the spine suggests that the cat originally served as an incense burner. Created for export to Europe, the cat was adorned in mid eighteenth century France with eyes in enameled glass and mounted on a gilt bronze stool with a richly ornamented cushion. These transformed