17TH CENTURY

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A PERUVIAN ARMORIAL TAPESTRY
17TH CENTURY
Centered by a coat-of-arms bearing several devices, with later outer guard border, areas of restoration, reweaving and patching, including a circa 75x12 cm strip to one corner, altered in shape
8 ft. 7 in. (270 cm.) high, 3 ft. 4 in. (100 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

This armorial tapestry and its related works in The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Art Institute of Chicago, although woven in a European manner and influenced by European designs, have been securely attributed to the local tapestry workshops in Peru.

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