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A virtually identical tablecloth is illustrated in A.G. Pauwels, Damast, Kortrijk, 1986, plate 153, pp. 422-423.
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COURTRAI, CIRCA 1717
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A DAMASK LINEN NAPKIN DEPICTING THE CAPTURE OF BELGRADE BY PRINCE EUGEN OF SAVOYE
COURTRAI, CIRCA 1717
Depicting Prince Eugene of Savoye on horseback below his coat of arms above an inscription VIRIBUS/EUGENY/AQILA/DEVORAT/LUNAM symbolizing the Habsburg eagle devouring the Ottoman moon, and flanked to either side by a kneeling Turk with inscription TURCA/PREGATUR/VITAM
108 cm. high x 90 cm. wide
COURTRAI, CIRCA 1717
Depicting Prince Eugene of Savoye on horseback below his coat of arms above an inscription VIRIBUS/EUGENY/AQILA/DEVORAT/LUNAM symbolizing the Habsburg eagle devouring the Ottoman moon, and flanked to either side by a kneeling Turk with inscription TURCA/PREGATUR/VITAM
108 cm. high x 90 cm. wide
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