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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN ARMORIAL TAPESTRY woven in wools and silks with the arms of Count Inzaglhi within a ribbon-tied laurel wreath on a sky-blue ground, the angles woven with ribbon-tied floral bouquets, the border woven with parrots and other exotic birds within flowerheads and foliage on a navy-blue ground, restorations, some areas of re-weaving, 18th Century, Flemish or German

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AN ARMORIAL TAPESTRY woven in wools and silks with the arms of Count Inzaglhi within a ribbon-tied laurel wreath on a sky-blue ground, the angles woven with ribbon-tied floral bouquets, the border woven with parrots and other exotic birds within flowerheads and foliage on a navy-blue ground, restorations, some areas of re-weaving, 18th Century, Flemish or German
122in. x 76in. (310cm. x 193cm.)

Lot Essay

The arms are those of the Inzaghi family, Barons von Kindberg of Styria in Austria, created Counts by Emperor Leopold I, 2 September 1686. The family became extinct in the 19th Century (see: J. B. Rietstap Armorial Général, Vol. I., p.1021).

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