Grotesques on red ground. unknown c. 1555 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'4" x W 6'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 20-22/in.); silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Perhaps made for Philip II of Spain. Frédéric Spitzer, coll., Paris (possibly). Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild coll., Paris, before 1876. James A. Garland coll., New York; sold by American Art Galleries, New York, 3/20/1909, nos. 132 & 133 to Seligmann & Co. George & Florence Blumenthal coll., New York, before 1912. French & Co. received from

Grotesques on red ground. unknown c. 1555 Tapestry Dimensions: H 5'4" x W 6'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 20-22/in.); silk; metallic thread (silver); metallic thread (silver-gilt) Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Perhaps made for Philip II of Spain. Frédéric Spitzer, coll., Paris (possibly). Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild coll., Paris, before 1876. James A. Garland coll., New York; sold by American Art Galleries, New York, 3/20/1909, nos. 132 & 133 to Seligmann & Co. George & Florence Blumenthal coll., New York, before 1912. French & Co. received from Blumenthal 2/25/1921; returned 4/3/1922; bequeathed to museum in 1941. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Fruit arbor flanked by 2 female herms with vases on their heads; curving metal-like framework that forms chairs for bearded man (L) & woman (R) (UPR & LWR BRD) scrolling motif with faces; (L & R BRD) candelabra motif with various trophies, including winged masks, vases, canopies, ox skulls; (UPR BRD) swans in corners; (LWR BRD) vases in corners 1 of 2 panels in set of bed hangings. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 10997-a Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), I: 105105-109, no. 12a Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0236303-0236304; another similar set, GCPA 0236305-0236306, 0184805-0184806

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