Venetian coverlet
Dublin Core
Title
Venetian coverlet
Subject
[no text]
Description
Dorian uses this piece to conceal his portrait in the novel. The piece is satin, purple with gold embroidery according to the text (Wilde 115), and was found by Dorian's grandfather in a convent near Bologna. When Dorian chooses to use the tapestry as a coverlet for his shameful portrait (an image linked to masked homosexuality in the text) he compares the coverlet to "a pall for the dead" (115).
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While this piece is photographed in black and white and there are little details regarding its specific details other than that it is silk and velvet, it serves as an interesting visual supplement to what Dorian's coverlet may have looked like.
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While this piece is photographed in black and white and there are little details regarding its specific details other than that it is silk and velvet, it serves as an interesting visual supplement to what Dorian's coverlet may have looked like.
Creator
Oscar Wilde
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Victoria and Albert Museum item, unknown maker
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Victoria and Albert Museum item, unknown maker
Source
Publisher
Penguin books
Date
Wilde's text/ 1891
Penguin/2000
Penguin/2000
Contributor
Hannah Phillips
Rights
Penguin Books
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Relation
[no text]
Format
[no text]
Language
English
Type
Text, still image
Identifier
[no text]
Coverage
[no text]
Citation
Oscar Wilde
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Victoria and Albert Museum item, unknown maker, “Venetian coverlet,” Objects and Interiority in Dorian Gray, accessed March 28, 2024, https://doriangrayarchiveeng578.omeka.net/items/show/12.