A damask linen banquet tablecloth
Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the fi… Read more FIVE TABLECLOTHS FROM THE DUCAL FAMILY SACHSEN-COBURG UND GOTHA (LOTS 819-823)
A damask linen banquet tablecloth

CIRCA 1828

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A damask linen banquet tablecloth
CIRCA 1828
The field woven with fruiting vine leaves, within a border of pumpkins with leaves and flowers, embroidered in red with initial E beneath a Royal crown, and above date 1828
950 cm. x 270 cm.
Special notice
Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

The initial E embroidered above the date 1828 stands for Ernst I. Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 1784-1844. The two duchies of Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha were both among the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the Wettin dynasty. The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha originated as the personal union of these two in 1826, following the death of the last Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg without male heirs. His Wettin relations repartitioned his lands, and his son-in-law Duke Ernst I of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld received Gotha, and changed his title to Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, although the two duchies remained technically separate.

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