ID 437241
Lot 27 | A FLEMISH HISTORICAL TAPESTRY
Estimate value
£ 9 500 – 12 500
ANTWERP, LATE 17TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a scene probably inspired by the History of Tamerlane and Bajazet, with a luxuriously dressed couple riding before attendants, on a background with trees and a palm, with an architectural capriccio to the right, within a dense border of fruit, foliage, birds and dolphins with two central cameos under a canopy to the top and the bottom, and with later brown outer slip to the lower border, a label to the reverse of the lower left side reading 'BV35'
123 ¾ in. (314.5 cm.) high; 169 in. (429 cm.) wide
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