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Napkin

1730-1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Linen damask. All round is a wavy floral border with a dice edging. The field is occupied by a repeating band of various country scenes. On the left is a man wheeling a wheelbarrow full of vegetables. Next to him is a man threatening a woman with a rake. Below them are two birds and a wooden-legged man walking with two sticks, then a large house on a hill in a deer park with a lake with a bridge over it and white houses descending the hillside. Next is a huntsman with a hound, apparently chasing the deer in the park.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Linen damask
Brief description
Linen damask depicting park with figures, man with wheelbarrow; Germany; 1730-70c.
Physical description
Linen damask. All round is a wavy floral border with a dice edging. The field is occupied by a repeating band of various country scenes. On the left is a man wheeling a wheelbarrow full of vegetables. Next to him is a man threatening a woman with a rake. Below them are two birds and a wooden-legged man walking with two sticks, then a large house on a hill in a deer park with a lake with a bridge over it and white houses descending the hillside. Next is a huntsman with a hound, apparently chasing the deer in the park.
Dimensions
  • Length: 32in
  • Width: 41.5in
Marks and inscriptions
'LOST VND SCHAV PLATZ' (Inscription in the damask weave, above the scene of a man pushing a wheelbarrow.)
Credit line
Given by Miss Meade
Object history
Registered File no. 1930/12094.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.187-1930

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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