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One of a pair of Embroidered Escutcheons
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Padded shield in foliate mantling with two rampant lions confronting a central tree; crown crest above. Lions are appliquéd from warp-faced ribbed silk with gold lamé in weft onto crimson cut velvet; manes are of crimped metallic threads outlined in couched metallic gilt filé. The tree has a gilt lamé padded trunk with leaves of couched silk and metallic yarns. The crown is of crimson silk(?) cut velvet with yellow ribbed plain weave; jewels of satin stitch embroidery.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Miss Mabel Choate gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1940
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Miss Mabel Choate
Title: One of a pair of Embroidered Escutcheons
Description:
Padded shield in foliate mantling with two rampant lions confronting a central tree; crown crest above.
Lions are appliquéd from warp-faced ribbed silk with gold lamé in weft onto crimson cut velvet; manes are of crimped metallic threads outlined in couched metallic gilt filé.
The tree has a gilt lamé padded trunk with leaves of couched silk and metallic yarns.
The crown is of crimson silk(?) cut velvet with yellow ribbed plain weave; jewels of satin stitch embroidery.
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