MID-16TH CENTURY

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A FLEMISH ARMORIAL TAPESTRY
Mid-16th Century
Woven in wools, with a central quartered oval coat-of-arms with a scrolling acanthus surround and a border with cartouches and portrait medallions flanked by scrolling foliage and masks, the field with repairs and associated patches and some small losses, three sides of the outer slip replaced
8 ft. 3 in. (250 cm.) x 11 ft. 4 in. (345 cm.)

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The coat-of-arms are as yet unidentified but probably South German or Swiss.
The borders of this tapestry are reminiscent of armorial Bruges tapestries of the mid-16th century (G. Delmarcel, Bruges et la Tapisserie, exhibition catalogue, Bruges, 1987, cats. 11 - 12, pp. 222 - 225). However, the quality of the weave may indicate that it was woven in an affiliated and smaller weaving centre.

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