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Great Exhibition Queen Victoria Prince Albert 1851 Silk Woven Sash Souvenir

£495.00
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Great Exhibition Queen Victoria Prince Albert 1851 Silk Woven Sash Souvenir

£495.00

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Bibelotslondon Ltd is a UK registered company based in London Bridge dealing in ephemera and curiosities from Britain and around the world. Our diverse inventory is carefully chosen and constantly evolving. We work very hard to offer the highest quality works at competitive prices. Our inventory is listed online, and we strive to keep our website completely up to date, so our customers can easily check availability. We believe in offering clients items that are unique and rare for aficionados of the antique and collector's world. Bibelot is a late nineteenth century word derived from the French word bel ‘beautiful’, meaning a small item of beauty, curiosity or interest. The word ephemera is derived from the sixteenth century Greek word ephmera meaning a printed or hand written paper not meant to be retained for a long period of time.


Fine antique and rare Victorian Jacquard silk sash woven in coloured silks on an ivory background with portraits of a young Queen Victoria beneath the royal crown enclosed by laurel wreaths, decorated with roses, thistles and shamrocks, together with the Garter motto 'Honi suit qui Mal y pense'. Mounted and framed in a gilt wooden frame under glass, with an old handwritten label to the reverse recording: 'Part of a sash bought at the Great Exhibition 1851'

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Overall Size: 64.5 x 25.5 cm approx







Royal: Victoria (1837-1901)

To Commemorate: The Great Exhibition

Type: Silk

Royalty: British Royalty

Year: 1851

Theme: Royalty

Features: Antique

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Vintage: Yes

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