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AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY FIRE-SCREEN WITH TAPESTRY BANNER
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AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY FIRE-SCREEN WITH TAPESTRY BANNER

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY FIRE-SCREEN WITH TAPESTRY BANNER
Early 20th Century
The banner with Prince of Wales feathers and motto 'ICH DIEN' and with an oak-leaf wreath, the reverse with a paper label 'MATT OR CUSHION COVER OF ARRAS TAPESTRY, WOVEN BY HAND ON THE ARRAS LOOME AT MERTON ABBEY'
21½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The tapestry bearing the badge and motto of Edward, Prince of Wales, later Edward VII was woven at Merton Abbey, the Surrey workshops established in 1881 by William Morris (d.1896) (see H.C. Marillier, History of the Merton Abbey Tapestry Works, 1927).

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