Battle among wild men and savages . unknown c. 1500-1535 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8' x W 10'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Bacri frères 4/24/1917. Paris, Gallerie Boccara. In landscape, grotesque-looking men in loin-cloths, with shields & cudgels fight hand-to-hand; 2 music-making men & 1 woman in upper right corner Fragment of tapestry; borders missing; the smaller figures have pointed ears & loin-cloths (of fur); they were probably not meant as gods. French & Co. stock sheet in archi
Battle among wild men and savages . unknown c. 1500-1535 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8' x W 10'4" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Southern Netherlands Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Bacri frères 4/24/1917. Paris, Gallerie Boccara. In landscape, grotesque-looking men in loin-cloths, with shields & cudgels fight hand-to-hand; 2 music-making men & 1 woman in upper right corner Fragment of tapestry; borders missing; the smaller figures have pointed ears & loin-cloths (of fur); they were probably not meant as gods. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 4317 Boccara, Ames de laine (1988), 76
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