Coat of arms of knight in Order of St. James of Compostela. Auwercx, Albert (Flemish, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1670-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 8'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from William Elkins. invoiced 7/3/1931; sold to Vigo & Charles Sternberg 6/8/1962. England, Greater London, London, Christie's, June 20, 1985, lot 42. Quartered coat of arms surmounted by crown which is surmounted by cartouche bearing cypher, topped by small marquis' crown, points of Cross of
Coat of arms of knight in Order of St. James of Compostela. Auwercx, Albert (Flemish, ) (workshop, attr.) [weaver] c. 1670-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10' x W 8'1" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from William Elkins. invoiced 7/3/1931; sold to Vigo & Charles Sternberg 6/8/1962. England, Greater London, London, Christie's, June 20, 1985, lot 42. Quartered coat of arms surmounted by crown which is surmounted by cartouche bearing cypher, topped by small marquis' crown, points of Cross of Order of St. James of Compostela, 8 banners & standards project from behind shield; martial trophies (cannon, cannonballs, powder keg & ramrods), garlands of flowers, pieces of armor, shields & quivers of arrows surround central coat of arms (BRD) acanthus leaf molding [suggesting carved & gilded frame]; coat of arms [corresponding to quartering of central coat of arms] framed in same acanthus leaf molding as in corners Possibly woven in the workshop of Albert Auwercx whose initials, with the Brussels mark, appear on a modern guard on a duplicate tapestry in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Ref. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 17266 [also lists: 39322/9] Cavallo, Boston tapestries (1967), 153, 154, no. 48 Cavallo, Boston tapestries (1967), pl. 48 Related Works: Duplicate tapestries, GCPA, 0236269; Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, "Coat of Arms of a Knight of St. James of Compostela", ref. ; 2 others existed in 1942: Newport, Rhode Island, private coll. & other (location unknown)
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