Asia. Borcht, Jacques van der (the elder) (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1675-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'9" x W 13' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, center Inscriptions: Inscriptions in border medallions, at 4 corners (clockwise): ORIENT, OCCIDENT, SEPTENTRION Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right: IVD BEURCHT Personification of Asia seated on stone bench & holding censer, flanked by 2 stone pedestals with urns (center, middle ground),
Asia. Borcht, Jacques van der (the elder) (Flemish, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1675-1700 Tapestry Dimensions: H 12'9" x W 13' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: French & Co. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, center Inscriptions: Inscriptions in border medallions, at 4 corners (clockwise): ORIENT, OCCIDENT, SEPTENTRION Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right: IVD BEURCHT Personification of Asia seated on stone bench & holding censer, flanked by 2 stone pedestals with urns (center, middle ground), 2 boys riding camel, 1 holding umbrella (L, middle ground), boy presenting vessel to lady (R, middle ground), panoply or pile of weapons with fruits & flowers (foreground), chinese tower (background) (BRD) floral festoons, urns, busts, cartouches; at 4 corners round medallions showing putto & inscriptions This panel is part of a set of 4 tapestries, either woven by Jacques Van Der Borcht (Jacob Van der Borght) or Jan Cobus, who have signed tapestries in the set. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 24382-b Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0238179-0238184; other panels in series: GCPA 0238143-0238147, 0184162-0184163, 0238148-0238151, 0184164-0184171, 0238152-0238173, 0184172-0184173, 0238174-0238178, 0238179-0238184
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