A fine linen napkin commemorating the marriage of Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse in 1660, woven with Louis XIV carrying sceptre and lillies and Marie-Thérèse with Anne of Austria and Philippe IV, with the coats-of-arms of France and Navarre and their names within laurel leaves, embroidered in one corner M - C I --28in x 40in., 17th century

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A fine linen napkin commemorating the marriage of Louis XIV and Marie-Thérèse in 1660, woven with Louis XIV carrying sceptre and lillies and Marie-Thérèse with Anne of Austria and Philippe IV, with the coats-of-arms of France and Navarre and their names within laurel leaves, embroidered in one corner M - C I --28in x 40in., 17th century

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