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A Tablecloth of the same design is illustrated in A.G. Pauwels, DAMAST, Kortrijk, 1986, p. 370, catalogue no. 134.
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COURTRAI, CIRCA 1710
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A DAMASK LINEN TABLECLOTH AND TWELVE NAPKINS DEPICTING THE CAPTURE OF DOUAI, BÉTHUNE AND AIRE
COURTRAI, CIRCA 1710
Woven with the arms of Austria, the English royal standard, and those of the towns of Tournai, Lille and Meenen; the field centred by a walled city and its beleagerers, above a fieldmarshall on horseback with inscription above Ariën 1710, within a border of armorial and cityscape cartouches
The tablecloth 233 cm. x 208 cm.; the napkins 105 cm. x 88 cm. (13)
COURTRAI, CIRCA 1710
Woven with the arms of Austria, the English royal standard, and those of the towns of Tournai, Lille and Meenen; the field centred by a walled city and its beleagerers, above a fieldmarshall on horseback with inscription above Ariën 1710, within a border of armorial and cityscape cartouches
The tablecloth 233 cm. x 208 cm.; the napkins 105 cm. x 88 cm. (13)
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Please note that the catalogue description should read:
A DAMASK LINEN TABLECLOTH AND TWELVE NAPKINS DEPICTING THE CAPTURE OF DOUAI, BÉTHUNE AND AIRE
COURTRAI, CIRCA 1710
Woven with the arms of Austria, the English royal standard, and those of the towns of Tournai, Lille and Meenen; the field centred by a walled city and its beleagerers, above a fieldmarshall on horseback with inscription above Ariën 1710, within a border of armorial and cityscape cartouches.
A Tablecloth of the same design is illustrated in A.G. Pauwels,
DAMAST, Kortrijk, 1986, p. 370, catalogue no. 134.
The tablecloth 233 cm. x 208 cm.; the napkins 105 cm. x 88 cm.
A DAMASK LINEN TABLECLOTH AND TWELVE NAPKINS DEPICTING THE CAPTURE OF DOUAI, BÉTHUNE AND AIRE
COURTRAI, CIRCA 1710
Woven with the arms of Austria, the English royal standard, and those of the towns of Tournai, Lille and Meenen; the field centred by a walled city and its beleagerers, above a fieldmarshall on horseback with inscription above Ariën 1710, within a border of armorial and cityscape cartouches.
A Tablecloth of the same design is illustrated in A.G. Pauwels,
DAMAST, Kortrijk, 1986, p. 370, catalogue no. 134.
The tablecloth 233 cm. x 208 cm.; the napkins 105 cm. x 88 cm.