A collection of damask table linen including a banqueting cloth woven with the Penryn coat-of-arms framed by an acanthus leaf border--184in x 108in., ten other smaller cloths with the family crest and a large quantity of napkins with the same design, five woven by JAMES COULSON & Co., LISBON, IRELAND, MANUFACTURERS TO THE QUEEN and embroidered EDP 60, 1858, the other pieces woven by THOs. BUCKENHAM, LINEN M.FR TO THE QUEEN - NORTH LOPHAM, NORFOLK and embroidered with P surmounted by a coronet(a lot)

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A collection of damask table linen including a banqueting cloth woven with the Penryn coat-of-arms framed by an acanthus leaf border--184in x 108in., ten other smaller cloths with the family crest and a large quantity of napkins with the same design, five woven by JAMES COULSON & Co., LISBON, IRELAND, MANUFACTURERS TO THE QUEEN and embroidered EDP 60, 1858, the other pieces woven by THOs. BUCKENHAM, LINEN M.FR TO THE QUEEN - NORTH LOPHAM, NORFOLK and embroidered with P surmounted by a coronet(a lot)
Provenance
This linen was woven for Queen Vistoria's visit to Lord Penrhyn's Castle in 1886

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