Accolade cushion cover
Add a touch of class to your home with this hand made accolade cushion coverin the late middle ages the son of a noble would serve first as page then as squire before being made a knight knighthood was conferred by the overlord with the accolade a blow usually with the flat of the sword on the neck or shoulder in the later period of feudalism the ceremony was preceded by the religious ceremony of a vigil before an altar a knight fighting under another39s banner was called a knight bache