A PAIR OF BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL BORDER FRAGMENTS

A PAIR OF BRUSSELS MYTHOLOGICAL BORDER FRAGMENTS
Second half 16th Century
Woven in wools and silks, one depicting Venus and Cupid, the other Paris, within foliate scrolls and a foliate canopy supported by female herm-figures and standing on a breakfront base, within a later blue outer slip, areas of reweaving and patching, minor variations in size
One 2 ft. 7 in. (80 cm.) long;
the other 2 ft. 7 in. (79 cm.) long; 19 ft. (48 cm.) wide (2)