BANNER
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
A banner made from a patchwork of various furs, and velvets with needlework to join the patches together. The central section has a dark fur, like sealskin, with a narrow border in a light brown fur. The outer border consists of a series of triangles placed alternately in white, grey, black and dyed red sheep fur. In the center of the banner on a yellow velvet ground is the double headed Imperial eagle in black fur with a shield of arms on his right breast and the monogram FJI. Above the eagle is the Imperial crown, and surrounding it is a wreath of laurel leaves and oak leaves with acorns. Below the eagle are three shields, one with a rampant lion surmounted by a crown, one with three shells and the thris with a bird and three crowns. On the right of the central composition are eight shields of arms and on the left are eight more.
- Object name:
- BANNER
- Made from:
- Fur -- velvet -- needlework
- Made in:
- Austria
- Date made:
- 19th c.
- Size:
- 144.8 × 182.9 cm (57 × 72 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 43.22
- Class:
- NEEDLEWORK
- Signature marks:
- MONOGRAM; COAT OF ARMS FJI
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973