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Cravat end
Unknownca. 1695
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
The design is composed of a figure dressed as a warrior, wearing a helmet in form of a double-headed eagle, standing on a trophée flanked by kneeling warriors; the scene surmounted by a royal crown and surrounded by dolphins, winged putti, warrior figures and foliated sprays.
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Details
- Title: Cravat end
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: ca. 1695
- Physical Dimensions: w248 x d475 cm
- Type: Cravat end
- Rights: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
- Medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace (point de France)
- Viewing Notes: The Roman-clad eagle-helmeted figure under the crown could be the Duke of Burgundy, the grandson of Louis XIV, and the smaller figures, under a cherub holding a crown, his brothers: the Duke of Anjou and the Duke of Berry. The lace may have been made for the marriage of the Duke of Burgundy to Marie-Adelaide of Savoy in 1697.-From Lace Exhibition, August 3 - November 7, 1982
- Provenance: ex-collection: Madame Jules Porges
- Exhibitions: CHM: "More than Meets the Eye," Nov. 15 – Feb. 15, 1978.Cooper Union Museum: "The Greenleaf Collection, Textile Arts from the 16th to the Early 19th Century," 22 Jan. – 9 May 1964, p. 15, no. 177 (a).
- Dimensions: H x W: 24.8 x 47.5 cm (9 3/4 x 18 11/16 in.)
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