Here’s a painting of that embroidery:
http://www.antiquesandfineart.com/articles/media/images/00901-01000/00977/fig3.1lg.jpg
X-Radiography Examination of an Embroidered Coat of Arms
—Guy
Guy Power;101173 wrote:
Here’s a painting of that embroidery:
Guy, great find (as is Seb’s), but my guess is that it’s an embroidery based on the painting rather than the other way around. I saw an article some years back saying that the two John Coleses (father and son) were a main source of the patterns from which young New England ladies did these armorial embroideries. The painting has all the marks of a work by John Coles, Sr. (And I love the way he gives us nice domesticated New England boars’ heads instead of the usual wild forest beasts!) Wee, wee, wee!
Joseph McMillan;101174 wrote:
Guy, great find (as is Seb’s), but my guess is that it’s an embroidery based on the painting rather than the other way around.
In suport of your point, Joseph, from the webpage for which Guy posted a link,
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In some cases, a print or watercolor of the same design might have been used as a guide. This appears to be the case for another coat of arms in the Winterthur collection, embroidered by Sally Putnam, which has a corresponding watercolor, presumably used for color instruction (Fig. 3)
http://www.americanheraldry.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=85&pictureid=2097
Source: http://www.antiquesandfineart.com/articles/article.cfm?request=977
