15 Antique Irish Linen Damask Napkins & Table Runner- Provenance- Order of the Bath

Description and Details

15 Antique Irish linen damask napkins and a matching table runner with a damask of the medal of The Order of Bath. Each napkin is hand embroidered with a Baronets crown and R for Raglan in red to each corner.
Each napkin bears the medal of The Order of Bath to the centre, with detailed and intricate foliate and floral borders to the edges and corners.
The runner has the medal of The Order of Bath to each end and a crown to the centre of the runner, the borders have the same foliate and floral design as the napkins.
The runner and napkins are all hand hemmed, all are in excellent condition.

The napkins measure 25.25 x 33 inches/ 64 x 84 cm.
The runner measures 25.5 inches x 71 inches/ 64 x 180 cm.

Raglan became a Colonel of the 53rd Foot on 19 November 1830, a Lieutenant-General on 28 June 1838 and was created a Knight Grand Cross in the Order of the Bath on 24 September 1852. He was appointed as a Privy Councillor and was elevated to the peerage as Baron Raglan of Raglan, Monmouthshire, on 12 October 1852. This was before the disaster of the Raglans involvement in giving orders to Lord Lucan to lead the Charge of the Light Brigade.

Materials: Linen.