An important valence panel, finely worked in a variety of stitches in brightly coloured wools and silks with the farming activities of the months of June and July, each month personified within a beaded oviate cartouche, supported by fantastical grotesques, clad in the foliage of the relevant month--16 x 58in. (40 x 147cm.), Flemish, mid 16th century, some wear and repairs, in modern plexiglass mount