1676 / 1700, England

1676 / 1700, England

Identifier
E.429-1943
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Miss Anne Geraldine Hill
Collection
Material
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
4.445000171661377 cm (depth)
29.209999084472656 cm (height)
25.399999618530273 cm (width)
Production time
Production place

Description

Unidentified shield of arms (azure, two bars or, in chief three escallops of the second) impaling the arms of Pindar. The shield fashioned from silk and rolled strips of coloured and gilded paper, surrounded by elaborate mantling and decorative borders, also of rolled paper. Mounted on silk in a box frame. Cut-paper work (quilling or curled paper work) impaling the arms of Pindar. The shield fashioned from silk and rolled strips of coloured and gilded paper, surrounded by elaborate mantling and decorative borders, also of rolled paper. Mounted on silk in a box frame; English, second half of 17th century; cut-paper work, body-colour and silk