Details
A FLEMISH RENAISSANCE 'FEUILLE-DE-CHOUX' TAPESTRY
MID 16TH CENTURY, ENGHIEN
Woven with an architectural balustrade centering a classical fountain before a dense ground of broad leaves with exotic birds and a musician playing pipes within dense fruiting garlands and a border woven with entrelac enclosing paterae-10ft. 10in. x 10ft. 7½in. (3m. 33cm. x 3m. 23cm.)
MID 16TH CENTURY, ENGHIEN
Woven with an architectural balustrade centering a classical fountain before a dense ground of broad leaves with exotic birds and a musician playing pipes within dense fruiting garlands and a border woven with entrelac enclosing paterae-10ft. 10in. x 10ft. 7½in. (3m. 33cm. x 3m. 23cm.)
Literature
J. Boccara, Ames de laine et de soie, 1988, p. 55