Caption

Coat of arms cartouche, restitution, embroidery: heraldic double-headed eagle bearing coats of arms; on its chest a shield with upper part red field bearing three crowns in a row, lower part silver field with white and red ermine tails. The eagle holds a sword in one talon and a scepter in the other. Embroidery colors: gold, silver, black, red, sky blue, and gold. Probably the coat of arms of Cologne. 18th century, Germany. Fabrics; height 26 cm, width 21 cm., An embroidered heraldic emblem depicting a double-headed eagle with outstretched wings, rendered mainly in black with gold outlining and feather details, a central shield area with red and gray cloth, gold ornamental embroidery around the shield and crown, and accents of red on beaks and ribbon-like elements; a gold and red crown sits above the eagle, and the eagle holds objects at each side with gray and gold tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_238

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Rights managed

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46.5Mb (2.0Mb) / 12.0in x 15.1in / 3591 x 4527 (300dpi)

Keywords

Coat arms cartouche restitution embroidery heraldic double-headed eagle bearing coats arms chest shield upper part red field three crowns row lower part silver field white red ermine tails eagle holds sword talon scepter Embroidery colors gold silver black red sky blue coat Cologne 18th century Germany Fabrics height 26 cm width 21 cm embroidered heraldic emblem depicting double-headed eagle outstretched wings rendered mainly gold outlining feather details central area gray cloth gold ornamental embroidery crown accents beaks ribbon- elements red crown sits eagle holds objects side gray gold tones.