Details
A tablecloth of white linen damask, the border woven with a Greek key pattern, with a large crest made up of three sinister hands beneath a mermaid with mirror and comb and with the motto CERTAVI ET VICI (I have fought and conquered) at either end, with two central fruiting oak branch medallions filled with mermaids and two similar medallions of clover leaves at either end, COULSONS LISBURN IRELAND. MANUF.rs TO THE KING woven into the selvedge--212 x 96in. (540 x 244cm.)
Provenance
The cloth bears the crest of the Byrne family of Ireland and is offered for sale by a descendant.