Roundel
ca. 1600 (made)
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Roundel of fine bleached linen embroidered with black silk and couched with silver thread and purl. It is worked in counted thread stitches, stem, back, double-running, speckling, chain, plaited braid, ladder and buttonhole, and spider knots,
Within a circular line, the arms of Sir Thomas Kitson, surmounted by a helmet, mantling and a unicorn crest. The shield is blazoned quarterly:-
1 and 4 contains three luces hauriant argent, a chief or (for Kitson);
2 and 3 are quartered with 1 and 4 paly of six argent and azure, on a chief gules three besants (for Donnington) and 2 and 3 of Argent, a chevron between three mullets of gules (possibly for Broughten).
Within a circular line, the arms of Sir Thomas Kitson, surmounted by a helmet, mantling and a unicorn crest. The shield is blazoned quarterly:-
1 and 4 contains three luces hauriant argent, a chief or (for Kitson);
2 and 3 are quartered with 1 and 4 paly of six argent and azure, on a chief gules three besants (for Donnington) and 2 and 3 of Argent, a chevron between three mullets of gules (possibly for Broughten).
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, silk, silver; hand-woven, hand-embroidered |
| Brief description | Roundel of blackwork with arms of Sir Thomas Kitson,, 1600c, English |
| Physical description | Roundel of fine bleached linen embroidered with black silk and couched with silver thread and purl. It is worked in counted thread stitches, stem, back, double-running, speckling, chain, plaited braid, ladder and buttonhole, and spider knots, Within a circular line, the arms of Sir Thomas Kitson, surmounted by a helmet, mantling and a unicorn crest. The shield is blazoned quarterly:- 1 and 4 contains three luces hauriant argent, a chief or (for Kitson); 2 and 3 are quartered with 1 and 4 paly of six argent and azure, on a chief gules three besants (for Donnington) and 2 and 3 of Argent, a chevron between three mullets of gules (possibly for Broughten). |
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| Accession number | T.113-1972 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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