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BRUSSELS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
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A FLEMISH PERGOLA TAPESTRY
BRUSSELS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a flower-filled vase within a columned pergola with vine-decorated classical columns and hunting scenes beyond, within a bead-and-reel border with fruiting floral garlands decorated to the sides with classical terms and centred to top and bottom with cabochon-filled cartouches flanked by putti and parrots, within a blue outer slip, each with Brussels town mark and with weaver's marks
11 ft. 7 in. x 10 ft. 6 in. (352 cm. x 320 cm.)
BRUSSELS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a flower-filled vase within a columned pergola with vine-decorated classical columns and hunting scenes beyond, within a bead-and-reel border with fruiting floral garlands decorated to the sides with classical terms and centred to top and bottom with cabochon-filled cartouches flanked by putti and parrots, within a blue outer slip, each with Brussels town mark and with weaver's marks
11 ft. 7 in. x 10 ft. 6 in. (352 cm. x 320 cm.)
Provenance
Probably from Château d'Amenoville and the Collection of the Marquis de la Rochefoucauld.
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