Arms and devices of John Dynham on millefleurs ground. unknown 1488-1501 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'8" x 12'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 5-6/cm); wool (weft) with a few silk wefts Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Appleby Castle, Westmoreland, in 1876 & 1914. Spanish Art Gallery (London) before 1929. Myron C. Taylor coll. (New York) from 1929-1960. Sold at Parke-Bernet (New York), 11/11-12, 1960, no. 1019. United States, New York, New York, The Cloisters, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription on the emblem of the Order of the Garter: hony soit qui male y pan

Arms and devices of John Dynham on millefleurs ground. unknown 1488-1501 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'8" x 12'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 5-6/cm); wool (weft) with a few silk wefts Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Appleby Castle, Westmoreland, in 1876 & 1914. Spanish Art Gallery (London) before 1929. Myron C. Taylor coll. (New York) from 1929-1960. Sold at Parke-Bernet (New York), 11/11-12, 1960, no. 1019. United States, New York, New York, The Cloisters, accno. Inscriptions: Inscription on the emblem of the Order of the Garter: hony soit qui male y panse Coat of arms of the Dynhams of Devonshire surrounded by the emblem of the Order of the Garter (a blue garter inscribed with a device), flanked by pair of stags as supporters holding the edges of the Garter between their forehoofs; helmet surmounts Garter; ermine between 2 lit candles surmounts helmet; 2 additional coats of arms surrounded by the emblem of the Order of the Garter in the 2 upper corners; Lord Dynham's personal badge, the topcastle of a warship broken at the mast with 5 javelins inside & a swallow-tailed pennant, appears 12 times Sir John, First Lord Dynham (1433-1501), was a Knight of the Garter, 1488. The photograph does not show the top 1/5 of the panel. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 272-277, cat. 16

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