A QUEEN ANNE ROLLED-PAPER RELIEF COAT-OF-ARMS

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Details

A QUEEN ANNE ROLLED-PAPER RELIEF COAT-OF-ARMS
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Set in an ebonised glazed case, with the arms of Saunders impaling Gorley, of Sutton, Yorkshire
21 x 19. in. (53 x 48 cm.) overall

Provenance

A West Country Tradition: Avon Antiques Bradford-upon-Avon, Wiltshire, Christie's, London, 21 May 2009, lot 159.

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Lot Essay

Rolled paper items were made using the technique of `quilling' in which the paper was rolled around feather quills before being painted and gilded, giving the impression of metal filigree. The subject is covered in detail in C. Battison, '"Natural Born Quillers" - Conservation of Paper Quills on the Sarah Siddons Plaque Frames', Victoria & Albert Museum Conservation Journal, April 1999, Issue 27.
A similar rolled paper coat-of-arms is in the collection of the British Museum (no 12523001001).

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