CIRCA 1880

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A Damask linen tablecloth woven with the coat-of-arms of the German Empire
CIRCA 1880
The field woven with two roundels centred by four angels holding palm-leaves divided by tazza with floral bouquets and trophies symbolising the Arts and the Sciences, within a berried laurel band divided by four lion's masks, each issuing an iron cross, with imperial crowned winged eagles issuing oak and laurel leaves, within a border of sheaves of wheat and corn-flowers, embroidered with initials G.W.
338 cm. x 199 cm.

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Lot Essay

The imperial coat-of-arms woven in this tablecloth were in use during the reign of Emperor Wilhelm I, 1871-1888. The present tablecloth woven with angels allegorical of peace, iron crosses and wheat and corn-flowers symbolising wealth and loyalty. These together symbolise the new German Empire founded after the 1871 peace treaty with France.
Two other examples of this tablecloth are in the collections of the Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin and Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Schlösser und Gärten, Schlösserverwaltung, Potsdam

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