An Armourial tapestry woven in coloured silks and wools with a coat of arms within scrollwork, bordered above and below by scrolling vines intermingled with flowers, animals, birds and vases against a rust coloured ground--101in x 40in., reduced, cut and shut, some re-weaving, Peruvian, late 16th century

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An Armourial tapestry woven in coloured silks and wools with a coat of arms within scrollwork, bordered above and below by scrolling vines intermingled with flowers, animals, birds and vases against a rust coloured ground--101in x 40in., reduced, cut and shut, some re-weaving, Peruvian, late 16th century

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The coat of arms is that of the Counts of Morata de Jalon of Spain.

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