Cut-Paper Shield of Arms
late 17th century (made)
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Unidentified shield of arms (azure, two bars or, in chief three escallops of the second) impaling the arms of Pindar. The shield fashioned from silk and rolled strips of coloured and gilded paper, surrounded by elaborate mantling and decorative borders, also of rolled paper. Mounted on silk in a box frame.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | gilded and rolled paper-work on silk. |
| Brief description | Cut-paper work (quilling or curled paper work) impaling the arms of Pindar. The shield fashioned from silk and rolled strips of coloured and gilded paper, surrounded by elaborate mantling and decorative borders, also of rolled paper. Mounted on silk in a box frame; English, second half of 17th century; cut-paper work, body-colour and silk |
| Physical description | Unidentified shield of arms (azure, two bars or, in chief three escallops of the second) impaling the arms of Pindar. The shield fashioned from silk and rolled strips of coloured and gilded paper, surrounded by elaborate mantling and decorative borders, also of rolled paper. Mounted on silk in a box frame. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Anne Geraldine Hill |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1943, London: HMSO, 1956. |
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| Accession number | E.429-1943 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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