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The following three tapestries are closely related to two at château Loches that have similar landscapes with very closely related foliage and very similar borders, one of which is signed 'C.A.D. MOOR' (I. De Meûter and M. Vanwelden, Tapisseries d'Audenarde du XVIe au XVIIIe Siècle, Tielt, 1999, pp. 203, 204). The initials are those of the brothers César and Alexander de Moor, who initially worked in the workshop of their father Frans in Gand. César is then confirmed in Audenarde in 1670 while both brothers were listed as citizens of Audenarde in 1678 - 1679. They are also recorded having exported tapestries through the merchant Pieter van Verren to France. Further sets of verdure tapestries by them are recorded in the Palais de la Nation in Brussels and at Boughton House (idiem., pp. 206 - 207). THE PROPERTY OF A LADY OF TITLE (132-135)

AN AUDENARDE VERDURE TAPESTRY

LATE 17TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BY CÉSAR AND ALEXANDER DE MOOR

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AN AUDENARDE VERDURE TAPESTRY
Late 17th Century, probably by César and Alexander de Moor
Woven in wools an silks, depicting a forest landscape with small shrubs in the foreground, a valley to the background with a castle, with a hawk catching a bird to the centre the borders decorated with foliate trails and fruit, with a brown outer slip, more areas of reweaving
10 ft. (305 cm.) high x 14 ft. 5 in. (440 cm.) wide

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