© British Museum
Lord Chancellor's Burse for the Great Seal of Elizabeth I
Artist: English
Location: British Museum
Date: 1596 - 1596
Materials: velvet panel embroidered in wire, thread etc
Dimensions: 43 x 48 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £10,000 (Total: £47,185; tax remission)
Vendor: Through Sotheby's
Review number: 4442 (1997)
Provenance:
Made around 1596 for Sir Thomas Egerton; given to Henry Jones, one of Egerton's servants; bought at auction in 1880s (?)
Description:
A burse panel of crimson velvet worked in purl wire, gold and silver-wrapped threads with the Elizabethan Royal cypher in raised work.
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