Lot Essay
A very similar design is shown in "European Textiles in the Keir Collection 400BC to 1800AD", Monique King and Donald King - Plate 99, page 141
Details
An altar frontal of brocatelle
with a curvilinear lattice design with tendrils framing two different vases of flowers in golden yellow and crimson against a white ground, trimmed with crimson velvet--102 x 39in. (255 x 97cm), Italian, 2nd half of 16th century
See Colour Plate
with a curvilinear lattice design with tendrils framing two different vases of flowers in golden yellow and crimson against a white ground, trimmed with crimson velvet--102 x 39in. (255 x 97cm), Italian, 2nd half of 16th century
See Colour Plate