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Embroidered heraldic ornament
German
1633
Object Place: Germany
Medium/Technique
Silk satin with gilt metal and silk embroidery and gilt metal sequins
Dimensions
10 x 12 cm (3 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Special Textile Fund
Accession Number51.267
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionEmbroidered heraldic ornament, red satin ground with armorial shield bearing a man holding a "morning star" and crest a man holding a "morning star" issuing from a helmet in raised embroidery worked with tarnished metal thread, at bottom worked: MARIA VISCHER IN EINGEBORNE KIENERIN.