About: http://data.silknow.org/object/0f70f6d6-c6fd-33d1-9fc5-3a5eb3f431ab/observation/3     Goto   Sponge   NotDistinct   Permalink

An Entity of Type : crmsci:S4_Observation, within Data Space : data.silknow.org associated with source document(s)

AttributesValues
rdf:type
P3 has note
  • Object Type
    Making up large decorative hangings from a number of smaller panels which were then applied to a sympathetic background material, was a popular pastime of well-to-do ladies in the 16th century. This allowed a group of women to embroider individual panels at the same time. If required, the hanging could be dismantled at a later stage and the panels re-used.

    Historical Associations
    Surviving embroideries can rarely be identified as having been owned or worked by royalty. Unfortunately for the doomed Mary, Queen of Scots, she had plenty of time while imprisoned to work on numerous embroideries, some of which include her initials or cipher. This activity must have both filled her time and occupied her mind as many of the emblems or mottoes used have more significance than is immediately apparent.

    Subjects Depicted
    Mary's personal cipher is not included but her identity would have been clear to the recipient. Her emblem of the marigold turning towards the sun and a dog, symbolising a faithful friend are seen with the royal arms of Scotland surrounded by the Order of the Thistle.

    A 1586 Inventory of Mary's belongings lists: ' a square of petit point, with a single emblem in the middle and others around (it) with the arms of France, Scotland, Spain and England ', which may well be this panel.     (en)
P2 has type
crmsci:O8_observed
is P129 is about of
Faceted Search & Find service v1.16.112 as of Mar 01 2023


Alternative Linked Data Documents: ODE     Content Formats:   [cxml] [csv]     RDF   [text] [turtle] [ld+json] [rdf+json] [rdf+xml]     ODATA   [atom+xml] [odata+json]     Microdata   [microdata+json] [html]    About   
This material is Open Knowledge   W3C Semantic Web Technology [RDF Data] Valid XHTML + RDFa
OpenLink Virtuoso version 07.20.3236 as of Mar 1 2023, on Linux (x86_64-pc-linux-musl), Single-Server Edition (126 GB total memory, 29 GB memory in use)
Data on this page belongs to its respective rights holders.
Virtuoso Faceted Browser Copyright © 2009-2024 OpenLink Software