A whool and silk embroidered cushion cover The Netherlands, circa 1690 With the coat of arms of Pieter de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek, under which a banderolle with caption Mors Sceptra Ligon Aequat and at the top 1690. Framed. H. 56.5 x W. 55 cm (measured within frame) Provenance: - Collection Mr. P. de Graeff (1638-1707) - By descent to the present owner N.B.: The lot offered here depicts the personal coat of arms of Pieter de Graeff, lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam and lord of castle Ilpenstein. The coat of arms is divided in four with in the first quarter De Graeff, in the second and third quarter Purmerland, in the fourth quarter Ilpendam and in the centre Zuid-Polsbroek. Two swans as supporters and surrounded by arabesques. The banderolle with motto “MORS SCEPTRA LIGON(IBUS) EQUAT”. Pieter de Graeff was appointed lord of castle of Ilpendam in 1690, possibly this cushion cover was made for this occasion. Decorative cushion covers, often used for seating on hard benches, were a popular luxury good in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century. These valuable bench cushions were made as an honourable memento to the appointment of councillors during the seventeenth century.
A whool and silk embroidered cushion cover The Netherlands, circa 1690 With the coat of arms of Pieter de Graeff van Zuid-Polsbroek, under which a banderolle with caption Mors Sceptra Ligon Aequat and at the top 1690. Framed. H. 56.5 x W. 55 cm (measured within frame) Provenance: - Collection Mr. P. de Graeff (1638-1707) - By descent to the present owner N.B.: The lot offered here depicts the personal coat of arms of Pieter de Graeff, lord of Purmerland and Ilpendam and lord of castle Ilpenstein. The coat of arms is divided in four with in the first quarter De Graeff, in the second and third quarter Purmerland, in the fourth quarter Ilpendam and in the centre Zuid-Polsbroek. Two swans as supporters and surrounded by arabesques. The banderolle with motto “MORS SCEPTRA LIGON(IBUS) EQUAT”. Pieter de Graeff was appointed lord of castle of Ilpendam in 1690, possibly this cushion cover was made for this occasion. Decorative cushion covers, often used for seating on hard benches, were a popular luxury good in the Netherlands in the seventeenth century. These valuable bench cushions were made as an honourable memento to the appointment of councillors during the seventeenth century.
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