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Serviette with the Plus Oultre pattern
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Serviette with the Plus Oultre pattern

anonymous · 1612 · satijnbinding; damask; linen (material)

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Linen damask napkin with the Plus Oultre pattern. Center field: Emperor Charles V with crown and with the Imperial Sword before him; under the sword the Imperial Apple; above the emperor a motto band with inscription CAROLUS; under the portrait the crowned pillars of Hercules, standing in the water, and wrapped in a text band with inscription: PLUS OULTRE. On the side a double row of coats of arms of Dutch provinces with above them the name of the province in Gothic minuscules: ZUTPHEN, St EMPIRE, ZEELANT, NAMUR. Above these last two coats of arms the year 1612 and a large crowned shield with the coat of arms of Habsburg. Above that again a double row of provincial coats of arms: HAYNAULT, HOLLADE, FLANDRES, ARTOIS, LUXEBOURG, GUELDRE, BRABANDE, LIMBOURG. In the middle next to it the coat of arms of Austria covered by a crowned helmet with lambrequins and draped with the chain of the Order of the Golden Fleece; below it the flint, steel and flaming cross.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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napkin
Credit lineServet met het Plus Oultre-patroon. 1612. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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