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    Sale 6821

    Fine European Furniture,Sculpture,Tapestries and Carpets

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    13 November 2003

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    • A FRANCO-FLEMISH PASTORAL TAPE
    Lot 199

    A FRANCO-FLEMISH PASTORAL TAPESTRY

    MID-16TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    GBP 19,120

    Estimate

    GBP 10,000 - GBP 15,000

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    A FRANCO-FLEMISH PASTORAL TAPESTRY
    Mid-16th century
    Woven in wools and silks, depicting courtly figures in a wooded landscape with a building beyond, within, a richly fruited foliate border and a later green outer slip, numerous areas of restoration and reweaving, including the outer edges of the sides and lower borders, reduced in hight, possibly reduced in width
    8 ft. 2 in. x 6 ft. 3 in. (250 cm. x 109 cm.)

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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