A LARGE DAMASK LINEN TABLECLOTH DEPICTING THE SIEGE OF NAMUR

One of the last battles of the War of the Grand Alliance took place at Namur. Captured by the French in 1692, the fortifications were improved by Vauban. The Anglo-Dutch force was led by William of Orange and Maximilian Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria laid siege to the city on 2 July and finally forced the French surrender on the 1st of September.
This tablecloth follows the design of a tablecloth and napkin in the collection of the Museum voor Sierkunst en Oudheidkunde in Kortrijk, illustrated in A.G. Pauwels, Damast, Kortrijk, 1986, cat. no 105a and b. pp. 291-293.