GERMANY, MID 19TH CENTURY

Details

A SUPERB 'MOSAIC' INTAGLIO PATCHWORK HANGING
GERMANY, MID 19TH CENTURY
DEPICTING THE ARMS OF SAXONY AND AUSTRIA IN EACH CORNER, WITH THE ARMS OF PRUSSIA IN THE CENTRE, THE BORDERS WORKED WITH DETAILED PICTURES OF THE ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, WITH THE CASTLE AT DRESDEN OPPOSITE, THE THESEUS TEMPLE AND POSSIBLY THE KARLSKIRCHE BOTH IN VIENNA ON THE OPPOSING SIDES, EACH WITH A LATIN AND GOTHIC SCRIPT INSCRIPTION BELOW, AS WELL AS AN EMBROIDERED INSCRIPTION IN GERMAN DETAILING THE START OF THE WORK IN DECEMBER 1846 AND THE FINISHING ON 28 NOVEMBER 1851
100 X 104INS. (240 X 249CMS.)

Provenance

SAID TO HAVE BELONGED TO THE HABSBURG FAMILY.

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

SEE "INLAID PATCHWORK IN EUROPE FROM 1500 TO THE PRESENT" (SCHNELL AND STEINER 2009). THIS PIECE SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MADE TO COMMEMORATE A MEETING POSSIBLY OF A LADY AND GENTLEMAN OF GERMAN AND ENGLISH PARENTAGES. IT SHOWS ALL THE HISTORIC SITES OF THE PRUSSIAN AND AUSTRIAN EMPIRE BEFORE UNIFICATION ALONG WITH THE ROYAL EXCHANGE IN LONDON.

WE ARE GRATEFUL TO FRAU DR REGINE VON FALKENBERG FOR DETAILS OF THE BUILDINGS DEPICTED ON THIS TEXTILE.

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