THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FLEMISH VERDURE TAPESTRY woven in wools and silks depicting an extensive wooded landscape with a shepherd seated by a path with birds and exotic animals, a bridge over a river in the foreground and a town in the distance, framed by a balustrade surmounted by fruiting urns and flanked by solomonic columns festooned with fruiting garlands, with a simulated cornice hung with garlanded swags and centred by a seraphim, late 17th Century, restorations and areas of reweaving and replacement 9ft. x 13ft. 8in. (275cm. x 416cm.)
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A FLEMISH VERDURE TAPESTRY woven in wools and silks depicting an extensive wooded landscape with a shepherd seated by a path with birds and exotic animals, a bridge over a river in the foreground and a town in the distance, framed by a balustrade surmounted by fruiting urns and flanked by solomonic columns festooned with fruiting garlands, with a simulated cornice hung with garlanded swags and centred by a seraphim, late 17th Century, restorations and areas of reweaving and replacement 9ft. x 13ft. 8in. (275cm. x 416cm.)