A fine linen tablecloth woven with a repeated design of a bearded tribesman surrounded by lions with bones and a skull scattered around, tribal symbols with a native and a dog looking up to him, a European figure with a ruff before a tribal chief and a dragon, a bearded figure with a cauldron and basket with a winged figure above, each band separated by a Flemish inscription, with a lateral border of trailing flowers framed by a chequered design, inscribed in ink in one corner William (?) G.B. Webb 1780, another name and figure below but indistinct --81in x 91in.

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A fine linen tablecloth woven with a repeated design of a bearded tribesman surrounded by lions with bones and a skull scattered around, tribal symbols with a native and a dog looking up to him, a European figure with a ruff before a tribal chief and a dragon, a bearded figure with a cauldron and basket with a winged figure above, each band separated by a Flemish inscription, with a lateral border of trailing flowers framed by a chequered design, inscribed in ink in one corner William (?) G.B. Webb 1780, another name and figure below but indistinct --81in x 91in.

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