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Quilling * wooden reliquary dedicated to many Saints particular Saluator, Caran, Hierosm, Carremin, Maxim, Placid, St gioma, Calista, Martha, Andrew Moors Gionni, Aurelii, Alexandro, Victor, Pacific Honore Victory .. ., vintage late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
This reliquary is in good condition, it is in its own juice. The protective glass is mica. Some labels are unreadable and difficult to transcribe (though watch the pictures).
A note: wear and breakage of glasses of mica, some accidents and wear of time, see photos.
craft technique of winding narrow strips of paper to create shapes and various ornamental motifs. The Quilling is an ancient technique that was used in the Middle Ages in poor churches to imitate the decorations filigree gold or silver. The achievements were often called reliquary paperole reliquaries. Quilling is a term derived from paper. It includes not only technical, but also the realization of paper. The name rolled paper is sometimes used synonymously.
