A fine banqueting cloth of white linen damask, the centre with a hound within a cartouche surrounded by acorns and ducks, the borders with gun dogs stalking grouse interspersed with groups of flowers, foliage and corn, the edges with various shot game birds and rabbits and with hounds' heads within cartouches, monogrammed in ink at one corner H H, late 18th/early 19th century--140 x 88in. (360 x 224cm.); and another tablecloth of white linen damask, woven with an assortment of animals, some exotic--92 x 70in. (236 x 178cm.), early 18th century (2)

細節

A fine banqueting cloth of white linen damask, the centre with a hound within a cartouche surrounded by acorns and ducks, the borders with gun dogs stalking grouse interspersed with groups of flowers, foliage and corn, the edges with various shot game birds and rabbits and with hounds' heads within cartouches, monogrammed in ink at one corner H H, late 18th/early 19th century--140 x 88in. (360 x 224cm.); and another tablecloth of white linen damask, woven with an assortment of animals, some exotic--92 x 70in. (236 x 178cm.), early 18th century (2)

來源

The Hayter family. Thomas Hayter was a celebrated silversmith, active mainly between 1800 and 1820. The cloth is sold with a note giving names of people in the Hayter family, the last name dated 1880.