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43 Market Street
Hatherleigh
Devon
EX20 3JP
England
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+44 (0)1837 811101
+44 (0)1189 410847
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Fragment of Needle-worked Bed Hanging
(England c. 1600)
External Dimensions
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Width
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49.00inch framed width
124.46 cm
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Height
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49.00inch
124.46 cm
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Other Details
Description / Expertise
Superbly worked embroidery patterned fragment of a bed hanging, circa 1600. It is profusely decorated with foliate designs incorporating a wide range of flowers. These flowers include Thistles, Irises, Fox gloves, Aquilegia, and possibly Cobbae Scandens. There was an old inscribed label stuck to the back which reads as follows: “From Holyrood Palace. A portion of the bed hangings worked for Mary Queen of Scots on the occasion of her marriage with Francis of France embroidered with national emblems of both countries (the) fleur-de-lys, thistles, etc.” This label was removed during conservation work on the piece but is available.
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