A quilt, the centre of ivory silk damask, embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads, with a large monogram ELVS within a shield surmounted by a coronet, within a garland of flowers, also with scattered plants, cornucopiae and floral urns, within a border of green moire silk, backed with printed cotton--the centre piece 35in x 26in., (the border has been detatched), German, circa 1730

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A quilt, the centre of ivory silk damask, embroidered in coloured silks and gilt threads, with a large monogram ELVS within a shield surmounted by a coronet, within a garland of flowers, also with scattered plants, cornucopiae and floral urns, within a border of green moire silk, backed with printed cotton--the centre piece 35in x 26in., (the border has been detatched), German, circa 1730

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The initials ELVS are those of Elenore Luise von Schonfeldt who married Georg Freiherr von Erffa.

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