Embroidery with leopards, Cl. 20367 a,b

Embroidery with leopards, Cl. 20367 a,b © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Embroidery depicting two stylized leopards on a foliage background animated by characters. Front photograph.

Embroidery with leopards, Cl. 20367 a,b © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Embroidery depicting a stylized leopard head on a foliage background animated by a female figure. Front photograph.

Embroidery with leopards, Cl. 20367 a,b (detail) © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Embroidery depicting a clawed animal paw on a foliage background animated by three characters. Front photograph.

Embroidery with leopards, Cl. 20367 a,b (detail) © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Embroidery depicting a stylized leopard head on a foliage background animated by a character. Front photograph.

Embroidery with leopards, Cl. 20367 a,b (detail) © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Embroidery with a foliage background animated by two characters. Front photograph.

Embroidery with leopards, Cl. 20367 a,b (detail) © GrandPalaisRmn / Michel Urtado

Embroidery with leopards

Description

Not on display

Circa 1330 - 1340

Late Middle Ages

These embroidered fragments are decorated with stylised leopards set against a backdrop of foliage interspersed by courtly figures. They come from a horse caparison, probably commissioned by King Edward III of England: the three passant leopards were the coat of arms of England before 1340. This cover was later turned into a chasuble.

The embroidery with leopards, of which the Musée de Cluny holds other fragments, is one of the most exquisite examples of "opus anglicanum" (English mediaeval embroidery).
 

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