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18th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Panel of linen embroidered in silk and metallic thread showing a central escutcheon framed by a laurel wreath. Above the escutcheon are the raised initials PPS and ACU in silver thread over padding. Smaller wreath in the lower left hand corner embroidered in silver thread with the following motto: La Beauté Vertu L'Honneur Flambequx D'Un Grand Coeur. At the lower right corner: Coeur Et Courage Font L'Ouvrage. Outer border pattern shows large floral sprays.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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