Napkin
1690-1710 (made)
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Woven linen damask napkin with hunting scenes. The napkin is woven with a narrow checker-board border around the outer edge and within this a stylised floral border. There are rosettes in the corners. There are three hunting scenes in the central field, one above the other, and two point repeats in the width of the material, not centrally aligned.
top : a horseman with drawn sword and a dog in pursuit of a stag
middle : a man on foot, with a dog, attacking a lion with a sword
bottom : a man on foot, with a dog, attacking a bear with a sword. The lower part of this scene is repeated upside down along the lower edge of the central field.
Hemmed at top and bottom; selvedges at sides.
top : a horseman with drawn sword and a dog in pursuit of a stag
middle : a man on foot, with a dog, attacking a lion with a sword
bottom : a man on foot, with a dog, attacking a bear with a sword. The lower part of this scene is repeated upside down along the lower edge of the central field.
Hemmed at top and bottom; selvedges at sides.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven linen damask |
| Brief description | Linen damask napkin with hunting scenes, Germany, late 17th century or early 18th century |
| Physical description | Woven linen damask napkin with hunting scenes. The napkin is woven with a narrow checker-board border around the outer edge and within this a stylised floral border. There are rosettes in the corners. There are three hunting scenes in the central field, one above the other, and two point repeats in the width of the material, not centrally aligned. top : a horseman with drawn sword and a dog in pursuit of a stag middle : a man on foot, with a dog, attacking a lion with a sword bottom : a man on foot, with a dog, attacking a bear with a sword. The lower part of this scene is repeated upside down along the lower edge of the central field. Hemmed at top and bottom; selvedges at sides. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss Gordon-Ralph |
| Other number | LOAN:Gordon-Ralph.2 - Previous loan number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.43-2003 |
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| Record created | August 11, 2003 |
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