Banner screen
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Needlework
Measurements
485 x 230 mm; 100 mm (Diameter)
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Charlecote Park, Warwickshire
NT 534134.1
Summary
An embroidered banner screen on a small metal stand (534134.2). The banner features the winged boar and crown from the Lucy crest and features the family motto ‘By Truth & Diligence’ in needlework. It has golden tassels at each end and fringing at the edge. One of a pair of banners on stands, (533195.1- 2).
Provenance
Presented to the National Trust by Sir Montgomerie Fairfax-Lucy (1896 – 1965), two years after the death of his father, Sir Henry Ramsay-Fairfax, 3rd Bt (1870 – 1944), with Charlecote Park and its chief contents, in 1946.
Marks and inscriptions
features the family motto ‘By Truth & Diligence’ in needlework