tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post3522676909318383898..comments2024-02-12T04:47:06.603-05:00Comments on Plays With Needles: Heralding Petit PointSusan Elliotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18094024834053351944noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-5950813072311705502015-04-16T07:37:27.372-05:002015-04-16T07:37:27.372-05:00The 70's seems right to me. Burda published th...The 70's seems right to me. Burda published then a petit point version of the Lady with the Unicorn and other heraldic-mythic tapestries, I still have them somewhere, but was never up to the task. <br />They were also available as kit. That could easily explain the existence of more of the same StaroftheEasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03183267513333302458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-23223078345875840452015-04-15T20:13:32.359-05:002015-04-15T20:13:32.359-05:00I was trying to come up with a Spanish/Florida con...I was trying to come up with a Spanish/Florida connection, but the only Spanish Colonial thing that happened that year was a failed attempt at a colony in Georgia - hardly a thing to celebrate! So I sent this one over to a pair of friends, one of whom is a historian, the other a history buff specializing in the Middle Ages. The heraldry, while not really accurate, does have a very English feel. The best they could come up with is that 1526 is the year Henry VIII married Ann Boleyn. They're wondering if it might not be worn and sun-damaged piece from the 1970s, when PBS was originally running "Six Wives of Henry VIII." Or perhaps a souvenir of somebody's trip to England?Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236941724022074678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-36601798158784030552015-04-15T09:23:50.259-05:002015-04-15T09:23:50.259-05:00I just searched for "1526" and found a c...I just searched for "1526" and found a couple of references in Wikipedia. One is for the year itself, and the other is "1526 in literature..." Lots of activity that year! Battles and such. First publications of the New Testament in English and Swedish, and the first complete Dutch translation of the Bible. An important book by Martin Luther...that sort of thing. Maybe those dates will help?Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04472013513744969837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-76818949962223868212015-04-15T02:57:44.065-05:002015-04-15T02:57:44.065-05:00Isn't it a salamander on the right side banner...Isn't it a salamander on the right side banner ? It would then be the badge of François 1er, king of France.Padparadschahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069813470310454639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-86176103305395895892015-04-14T15:48:39.038-05:002015-04-14T15:48:39.038-05:00I am sad to say I have no helpful information on t...I am sad to say I have no helpful information on this beautiful piece of stitchery. Thankfully you are giving it a new home. Createologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17141896048450385243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975998.post-6188708575942952352015-04-14T11:18:22.473-05:002015-04-14T11:18:22.473-05:00Try contacting the College of Heralds, in London. ...Try contacting the College of Heralds, in London. There is probably someone there who would have an instant "feel" for whether the combination of shields and the devices on them meant something or not. The colours are much softer than in "proper" heraldry, but that is a reasonable alteration for the purpose of an interior design - which would also explain the existence of a pair. <br />The only badge which instantly suggests anything to me is the Swan, which was the family badge of Bohun family in, I think, the thirteenth or fourteenth century - a little early for the date on the panel...Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15322676800314521539noreply@blogger.com