Lot Essay
This tapestry is related to a group depicting fête champêtres, including two sold from the collection of The Earl of Iveagh, Elveden Hall, Thetford, Norfolk, Christie's, 21-24 May 1987, lots 1754 and 1757, which bore the weaver's mark of Pieter van der Borght (d. 1763). Another Brussels weaver recorded to have woven such scenes and stylised picture frame borders was Pieter van der Hecke (d. 1752) (see D. Heinz, Europäische Tapisseriekunst des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1994, p. 222).