Lot Essay
A fragmentary napkin with the same decoration is illustrated in A.G. Pauwels DAMAST, Kortrijk, 1986, pp. 100-101, no. 27.
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HAARLEM, 17TH CENTURY
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A MYTHOLOGICAL DAMASK LINEN TABLECLOTH AND TEN NAPKINS DEPICTING ORPHEUS PLAYING TO THE ANIMALS
HAARLEM, 17TH CENTURY
Each woven with a multitude of wild animals including lions, elephants camels, panthers, boar, cows, sheep and stags, and with Orpheus sitting beneath a tree playing his lyre
The tablecloth 222 cm. x 208 cm.; the napkins 89 cm. x 70 cm. (11)
HAARLEM, 17TH CENTURY
Each woven with a multitude of wild animals including lions, elephants camels, panthers, boar, cows, sheep and stags, and with Orpheus sitting beneath a tree playing his lyre
The tablecloth 222 cm. x 208 cm.; the napkins 89 cm. x 70 cm. (11)
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