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For an apparently identical napkin is see A.G. Pauwels, Damast, Kortrijk, 1986, No 122, page 337, for an identical napkin.
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FLEMISH, 1709
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A COMMEMORATIVE LINEN TABLE CLOTH
FLEMISH, 1709
Woven damask with a shield with the legend 'PRINCEPS EUGENIUS INSULAS DEBELLAVIT ANNO 1709', commemorating the battle of Lille, with armorials of Prince Eugenio and the Holy Roman Empire
168 x 132 in. (427 x 335 cm.)
FLEMISH, 1709
Woven damask with a shield with the legend 'PRINCEPS EUGENIUS INSULAS DEBELLAVIT ANNO 1709', commemorating the battle of Lille, with armorials of Prince Eugenio and the Holy Roman Empire
168 x 132 in. (427 x 335 cm.)
Provenance
Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736).
Olga Nicolis de Robilant, Marquesa de Cadaval (1900-1997), by whom given to
H.M. King Umberto II King of Italy (1904-1983) and by descent.
Olga Nicolis de Robilant, Marquesa de Cadaval (1900-1997), by whom given to
H.M. King Umberto II King of Italy (1904-1983) and by descent.
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