The exact origins of the Marche tapestry manufacturers are not known. A document of 1457 mentions Jacques Bonnyn producing tapestries in Felletin, although, it seems that the area already attracted weavers from Flanders in the early 13th Century. Both Felletin and Aubusson, located in the Marche, appear to have manufactured tapestries in the 16th Century. It was only with the establishment of the Royal Manufactory of Tapestries in Aubusson in 1665 and Felletin in 1689, that the area was recognized for its importance in the production of tapestries.
Verdures à feuilles d'aristoloche tapestries, inhabited by all sorts of beasts of the Middle Ages and with townscapes and mountains in the distance, were first woven in the Marche circa 1520 and remained a popular subject until the first years of the 17th Century. A closely related tapestry with almost identical borders is illustrated in D. and P. Chevalier and P.-F. Bertrand, Les Tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin, Lausanne, 1988, p. 27, while a further example with a griffin attacking a horse is illustrated in D. Boccara, Les Belles Heures de la Tapisserie, Milan, 1971, p. 103.

A closely related tapestry was sold anonymously, Christie's Monaco, 18 June 1989, lot 151