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THE POLESCREEN, CIRCA 1830, THE TEXTILE FRAGMENT POSSIBLY CHINESE 19TH CENTURY
Details
A ROYAL EMBROIDERY FRAGMENT PURPORTED TO BE A PIECE OF BED FURNITURE BELONGING TO QUEEN MARY, DAUGHTER OF HENRY VIII, MOUNTED AS A FRAMED BANNER ON A ROYAL VICTORIAN POLESCREEN
THE POLESCREEN, CIRCA 1830, THE TEXTILE FRAGMENT POSSIBLY CHINESE 19TH CENTURY
Retaining some of its original simulated-rosewood decoration underneath later gold paint, the underside of the base branded 'VR BP NO 2361866', the associated glazed banner with silk panel, worked in silk and metal threads, depicting Genghis Khan mounted on horseback, and with label inscribed, 'A piece of bed furniture belonging to Queen Mary, daughter of Henry 8th made in the year 1556', also applied with two labels 'CHURCH STREET/140-142/ROWLEY/W:8/KENSINGTON'
52½ in. (133 cm.) high
THE POLESCREEN, CIRCA 1830, THE TEXTILE FRAGMENT POSSIBLY CHINESE 19TH CENTURY
Retaining some of its original simulated-rosewood decoration underneath later gold paint, the underside of the base branded 'VR BP NO 2361866', the associated glazed banner with silk panel, worked in silk and metal threads, depicting Genghis Khan mounted on horseback, and with label inscribed, 'A piece of bed furniture belonging to Queen Mary, daughter of Henry 8th made in the year 1556', also applied with two labels 'CHURCH STREET/140-142/ROWLEY/W:8/KENSINGTON'
52½ in. (133 cm.) high
Provenance
H.M. Queen Victoria (1819-1901), Buckingham Palace, London, and by descent to her granddaughter, H.R.H. The Princess Mary, Princess Royal, Countess of Harewood (1897-1965) at Harewood House, Yorkshire.
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