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A TAPESTRY BORDER PANEL, WOVEN IN COLOURED WOOLS WITH PROMETHEUS BOUND, BEING ATTACKED BY AN EAGLE, FLANKED BY FLORAL FESTOONS AND RIBBONS--18 X 48IN. (45 X 120CM.), MID 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BRUSSELS, BACKED, SOME WEAR AND DAMAGE
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A TAPESTRY BORDER PANEL, WOVEN IN COLOURED WOOLS WITH PROMETHEUS BOUND, BEING ATTACKED BY AN EAGLE, FLANKED BY FLORAL FESTOONS AND RIBBONS--18 X 48IN. (45 X 120CM.), MID 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BRUSSELS, BACKED, SOME WEAR AND DAMAGE

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A TAPESTRY BORDER PANEL, WOVEN IN COLOURED WOOLS WITH PROMETHEUS BOUND, BEING ATTACKED BY AN EAGLE, FLANKED BY FLORAL FESTOONS AND RIBBONS--18 X 48IN. (45 X 120CM.), MID 18TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY BRUSSELS, BACKED, SOME WEAR AND DAMAGE
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PROMETHEUS, A TITAN CREATED THE FIRST MAN FROM CLAY, HE STOLE FIRE FROM THE GODS TO GIVE TO MANKIND AND WAS PUNISHED BY JUPITER BY BEING CHAINED TO A ROCK IN THE CAUCASUS WHERE AN EAGLE FED DAILY ON HIS LIVER

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