Lot 227
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TWO SETS OF DAMASK LINEN LARGE TABLE NAPKINS
PROPERTY OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAXONY, HOUSE OF WETTIN A.L. (ALBERTINE LINE)
TWO SETS OF DAMASK LINEN LARGE TABLE NAPKINS

COMMISSIONED BY THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAXONY, ONE SET DATED 1735, THE OTHER SET DATED 1743

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TWO SETS OF DAMASK LINEN LARGE TABLE NAPKINS
COMMISSIONED BY THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAXONY, ONE SET DATED 1735, THE OTHER SET DATED 1743
Both sets woven with the monogram for August III of Poland (1696-1763), one set of six woven with the date '1735', the other a set of twenty-one, twenty woven with the date '1743', another of a very similar design dated '1746'
The largest napkins 37 x 48 in. (94 x 122 cm.);

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August III of Poland was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania between 1734 and 1763 and simultaneously Elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire between 1733 and 1763. His coronation took place in Kraków in 1734 and one set of damask linens was made for him the following year. He was a notable patron of the arts and influenced by Catherine the Great during the end of his reign as she began to intervene in Polish affairs.

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