© National Trust Photographic Library/ John Hammond
The Oxburgh Embroideries
Artist: English
Location: Oxburgh Hall
Date: 1500 - 1600
Materials: velvet
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £3,000)
Vendor: Sir Edmund Beddingfield
Review number: 1713 (1953)
Provenance:
Lord Montague; Hon Mary Browne, who married Sir Richard Bedingfield in 1761; in the possession of the Bedingfields of Oxenburgh since 18th century
Description:
Unique examples of a type of 16th century hanging; four wall hangings and fragments, with complex monograms, emblems and animals in many small panels, on a background of green velvet with inter-lace pattern in gold. The illustration shows a close-up detail of the Marian Tapestry by Mary Queen of Scots and Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury shown by their royal and personal monograms in the applique.
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