A tablecloth of fine white linen damask, densely woven with scenes of the Last Supper and of an angel, holding a chalice, descending before a kneeling figure in a garden with huddled figures in the foreground, possibly representing the Annunciation, interspersed with passages of German/Flemish in gothic script, with a chequerboard border, written in ink at one corner GUEST and embroidered with a small monogram EM at one end, 17th century--102 x 84in. (260 x 212cm.)

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A tablecloth of fine white linen damask, densely woven with scenes of the Last Supper and of an angel, holding a chalice, descending before a kneeling figure in a garden with huddled figures in the foreground, possibly representing the Annunciation, interspersed with passages of German/Flemish in gothic script, with a chequerboard border, written in ink at one corner GUEST and embroidered with a small monogram EM at one end, 17th century--102 x 84in. (260 x 212cm.)

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