Museum
Saddle
Description
Saddle, c. 1525 - 1575. Saddle consisting of padded circular seat with side 'skirts' made from green silk velvet and decorated with applied fringe and braid of silk and metal threads. Seat padding seems to be of cream wool. Reverse is of brown leather, probably with interlining of coarsely woven linen. The whole is constructed over a wooden support covered with linen and mounted on a wooden frame. There are 6 leather straps attached to the reverse.