Lot Essay
Similar Florentine armorial tapestries are illustrated in N. Forti Grazzini, Gli Arrazi, Rome, 1994, pp. 49-50.
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A FLORENTINE ARMORIAL TAPESTRY
LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Centrally woven with a cartouche enclosing a figure of a woman flanked by two angels under a baldaquin, the borders woven with herms
7ft. 5½in. x 6ft. (2m. 27cm. x 1m. 83cm.)
LATE 16TH EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Centrally woven with a cartouche enclosing a figure of a woman flanked by two angels under a baldaquin, the borders woven with herms
7ft. 5½in. x 6ft. (2m. 27cm. x 1m. 83cm.)