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For Our Royal Person. Master of the Robes Bills of
King-Stadholder William III, Paleis Het Loo National
Museum, Apeldoorn, 2002, by Pat Wardle, illustrated in
colour and black and white, glossary of textile terms,
160 pages |
This
study of William III's Master of the Robes bills
was prompted by the acquisition by Het Loo of the 'great
parchment warrant' containing the bills for 1700-1701. The king's official embroiderer was William West and the book includes a short account of him gleaned from contemporary documents, including his will, as well as illustrations of the embroidery on William III's first Presence Chamber canopy at Hampton Court, which was executed in West's workshop and is still extant. |
King-Stadholder
William III, miniature on ivory, 5,5 x 4,6 cm, |
English, 1700-1720, said to have been worn by Thomas Severne Esq. (1644-1737), Gentleman of the Bedchamber to William III. |
William III, by Jacob de Later, mezzotint, 33,8 x 26cm |
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