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LATE 16TH CENTURY
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A PAIR OF FLEMISH TAPESTRY CUSHIONS
Late 16th Century
Woven in wools and silks, each depicting to the centre a grotesque winged figure with a basket issuing fruits on the head and flanked by two youths on dragons and holding a shield and a sword, within later green tassled borders and with later yellow velvet backing, areas of reweaving and patching, the tapestry panel reused from tapestry border fragments
18 in. (46 cm.) square (2)
Late 16th Century
Woven in wools and silks, each depicting to the centre a grotesque winged figure with a basket issuing fruits on the head and flanked by two youths on dragons and holding a shield and a sword, within later green tassled borders and with later yellow velvet backing, areas of reweaving and patching, the tapestry panel reused from tapestry border fragments
18 in. (46 cm.) square (2)