Tablecloth

Tablecloth. Large white, woven damask tablecloth with a pattern of fouled anchors, naval crowns and cannons. The central motif is of a fouled anchor within a garter star below a naval crown. The word 'VICTORIA' is woven into each corner. Plus sprigs of oak leaves, branches, dolphins, bombs and an eagle. In red cross stitch at one corner NMI over a coronet.

Object Details

ID: TXT0153
Collection: Textiles
Type: Tablecloth
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805
Date made: 1805-1835; 1805-35
People: Nelson, Horatio
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 2130 m x 4795 m