Lot Essay
For a general discussion of the Lille Teniers tapestries please see the note to lot 221.
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EARLY 18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO GUILLAUME WERNIERS, AFTER DAVID TENIERS THE YOUNGER
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A LILLE TENIERS PASTORAL TAPESTRY
Early 18th Century, attributed to Guillaume Werniers, after David Teniers the younger
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a peasant couple approaching a seated couple before a tree and a landscape in the distance, within a later blue and yellow outer slip, reweaving and some areas of patches, reduced in size
8 ft. 1½ in. x 5 ft. 4 in. (248 cm. x 163 cm.)
Early 18th Century, attributed to Guillaume Werniers, after David Teniers the younger
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a peasant couple approaching a seated couple before a tree and a landscape in the distance, within a later blue and yellow outer slip, reweaving and some areas of patches, reduced in size
8 ft. 1½ in. x 5 ft. 4 in. (248 cm. x 163 cm.)