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Two English Table Carpets

Artist: English

Location: Victoria and Albert Museum

Date: 1558 - 1603

Materials: needlework

Grant:

Amount Paid: £2,500 (Total: £5,000)

Vendor: Hurcomb, Agent Durlacher

Review number: 750 (1930)

Provenance:
Collection of Lord St John of Bletso

Description:
1) In tent and stem stitch. Circa1550. 3 medallions on a diaper ground. Arms of the Giffard family of Steeple Claydon, dims 5.61 x 54 m.2) Tent stitch, made in 1602 for the marriage of Oliver St John. 4.27 x 2.08 m.

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