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Coat of arms, embroidery, provenance message: Vasas family; coats of arms: Vasa sheaf on central shield. In four fields: 1 Eagle with a crown — Polish; 2 Three crowns — Swedish; 3 Pogon — Lithuanian; 4 Gryf — Ruthenian. Shield topped with a crown and a bishop's hat. Possible owners: John Albert Snopek coat of arms, Bishop of Kraków, cardinal, died 1634; Jan Kazimierz Snopek coat of arms, elected King of Poland 1648, abdicated 1668, titular cardinal; or Ferdynand Vasa, brother of Jan Kazimierz. Embroidery background: linen canvas with silk satin in red and blue applied to canvas. Embroidery on a backing of various heights made of linen threads. Flat and convex embroidery with metal threads: silver and gold plate braided on silk yarn; drawn wire in silver and gold; bullions of drawn wire and narrow gold plate. Silk embroidery in satin and knot stitch. Attributed to E. Soszko; ca. 17th century, Poland. Materials: fabrics; height 16 cm., An irregularly shaped, worn textile or paper object with a central brownish-gray area and a few darker brown patches, surrounded by frayed edges and attached by braided cords to a group of dangling, tear-shaped pieces; the cords appear greenish-gray and the dangling pieces show a mix of brown, tan, and small areas of pale off-white; the background is dark charcoal and the central object has small patches of muted gold and hints of faded green and bluish-gray.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A11_481

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28.1Mb (1.5Mb) / 11.8in x 9.2in / 3553 x 2767 (300dpi)

Keywords

Coat arms embroidery provenance message Vasas family coats Vasa sheaf central shield four fields 1 Eagle crown Polish 2 Three crowns Swedish 3 Pogon Lithuanian 4 Gryf Ruthenian Shield topped bishop's hat Possible owners John Albert Snopek coat Bishop Kraków cardinal died 1634 Jan Kazimierz Snopek coat elected King Poland 1648 abdicated 1668 titular cardinal Ferdynand Vasa brother Jan Kazimierz Embroidery background linen canvas silk satin red blue applied Embroidery backing various heights linen threads Flat convex embroidery metal threads silver gold plate braided silk yarn drawn wire gold bullions narrow plate Silk embroidery satin knot stitch Attributed E Soszko ca 17th century Poland Materials fabrics height 16 cm irregularly shaped worn textile paper object central brownish-gray area darker brown patches surrounded frayed edges attached braided cords group dangling tear-shaped pieces cords greenish-gray dangling pieces mix brown tan small areas pale off-white background dark charcoal central object small patches muted gold hints faded green bluish-gray.