A DUTCH BAROQUE TAPESTRY TABLE-CARPET

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A DUTCH BAROQUE TAPESTRY TABLE-CARPET
FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY

Woven with scenes representing the five senses and centrally woven with a medallion enclosing three woman and a stag representing hearing, surrounded by dense blossoming fruit and flower blossoms with four medallions enclosing female figures and animals representing Taste, Smell, Touch and Sight, the borders woven with birds and fruiting flower garlands, with lions' masks at the angles-6ft. 1½in. x 5ft. 7½in. (1m. 87cm. x 1m. 72cm.)

拍品专文

This tapestry table-carpet was probably woven as part of a suite comprising matching valances and bed curtains as was fashionable in wealthy Dutch households during the 17th century. For numerous examples of related pieces, see geweven boeket (exhibition catalogue) Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 20 Nov. 1971- 30 Jan. 1972, which includes an illustration of a painting by Gonzales Coques circa 1630, depicing a typical Dutch bourgeois interior unified by a suite of tapestries, including a table-cover, a chimney-piece border, bed hangings, and pillow cushion.