A Lille Pastoral tapestry early 18th century
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A Lille Pastoral tapestry early 18th century

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A Lille Pastoral tapestry early 18th century
Composed of two basic joined panels and woven in coloured wools and silks, depicting two scenes, peasants travelling to market with their wares, goats and a deer, and peasants dancing to the music of a hurdy-gurdy, within wooded landscapes with poppies and thistles, and distant towns, lacking borders, some patching and areas of re-weaving
234in. (521.5cm.) wide, 86in. (219cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Lille produced numerous versions of Teniers' subjects. The first recorded series was woven under Jan de Melter (d. 1698), who established his workshop in 1688, for a local client Michel de Pelletier. With the arrival of Guillaume Werniers (d. 1738), who in 1700 married Melter's daughter, Lille's Teniers tapestry production reached its climax. A Teniers series would normally consist of eight panels, but these could vary widely in composition.

A tapestry with the same dancing group and bagpiper, but also including further figures, woven by Guillaume Werniers, is illustrated in H.C. Marillier, Handbook to the Teniers tapesries, London, 1932, plate 47, while a further, apparently by Katherine, is illustrated in D. Boccara, Les Belles Heures de la Tapisserie, Milan, 1971, p. 177 and another was sold at Christie's King Street lot 206, 25th March, 1999.

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