Armorial Sumpter Cloth (fragment)
London
Category
Tapestries
Date
circa 1672 - circa 1674
Materials
Tapestry, wool and silk, 7½ warps per cm
Measurements
330 mm (Width); 1690 mm (Length)
Place of origin
London
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Ham House, Surrey
NT 1139891
Summary
Tapestry, wool and silk, 7½ warps per cm, Armorial Sumpter Cloth (fragment) from a set of six identical Armorial Sumpter Cloths, Mortlake or Francis Poyntz, London, 1672-74. A strip of tapestry with a pattern of stylised scrolling acanthus leaves on a dark blue ground. The fragment once formed part of the lower border of a larger armorial sumpter cloth. A set of six sumpter cloths survives at Ham, two of which have had their lower borders replaced with sections of side border from elsewhere within the set. (Helen Wyld, 2011)
Provenance
Made for John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale between 1672 and 1674; thence by descent until acquired in 1948 by HM Government when Sir Lyonel, 4th Bt (1854 – 1952) and Sir Cecil Tollemache, 5th Bt (1886 – 1969) presented Ham House to the National Trust, and entrusted to the care of the Victoria & Albert Museum; returned to the care of the National Trust in 1990, ownership transferred to the National Trust in 2002.
Credit line
Ham House, the Dysart Collection (purchased by H.M. Government in 1948 and transferred to the National Trust in 2002)
Makers and roles
London , workshop possibly Mortlake Tapestry Manufactory , workshop possibly Francis Poyntz (fl. 1660 - d. 1684), designer