Monday, December 28th, 2009
TAPESTRIES
A GROS POINT NEEDLEWORK TABLE CARPET with forty-two oblong panels worked
with flowering plants and fruiting trees, some in hillocky landscapes with animais, the
others with pond foreground and waterfowl, ail with tobacco-coloured background and
divided by ivory strapwork embroidered with flowers, much of the detail in petit point,
6ft. lin. by 6ft. Hin. (185cm. by 210cm.) circa 1600, [...]
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
NORTH GERMAN TAPESTRY CUSHION COVERS - FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY - BRUSSELS TAPESTRY OF THE LAMENTATION - Louis XV FELLETIN VERDURE TAPESTRY PANEL
A PAIR OF NORTH GERMAN TAPESTRY CUSHION COVERS, one woven with John the
Baptist preaching in the Wilderness (Mark 1:4) the other with the Beheading (Mark 6:28)
surrounded by brightly coloured floral borders woven with roses, [...]
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