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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1940.98
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
One of a pair of Embroidered Escutcheons
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
textile
Date
19th century
Culture
European
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214859

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Silk embroidery and appliqué
Technique
Embroidery
Dimensions
37.5 x 25.4 x 3.2 cm (14 3/4 x 10 x 1 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Mabel Choate, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Miss Mabel Choate
Accession Year
1940
Object Number
1940.98
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Padded shield in foliate mantling with two rampant lions confronting a central tree; crown crest above. Lions are appliquéd from warp-faced ribbed silk with gold lamé in weft onto crimson cut velvet; manes are of crimped metallic threads outlined in couched metallic gilt filé. The tree has a gilt lamé padded trunk with leaves of couched silk and metallic yarns. The crown is of crimson silk(?) cut velvet with yellow ribbed plain weave; jewels of satin stitch embroidery.

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