Falconers off to hunt. unknown c. 1770-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7' x W 5'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from Mrs. Philip Wilson 7/22/1948; returned 2/21/1958. In landscape with trees & buildings, lady & gentleman mounted on horses looking up at bird attacked by falcon, as groom attends a horse on the side; fisherman in background (R), additional buildings & wind-mill in distance (BRD) within a scalloped & garlanded frame with acanthus leaves & flowers Stock sheets mentions the "poor condition" of th
Falconers off to hunt. unknown c. 1770-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7' x W 5'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. received from Mrs. Philip Wilson 7/22/1948; returned 2/21/1958. In landscape with trees & buildings, lady & gentleman mounted on horses looking up at bird attacked by falcon, as groom attends a horse on the side; fisherman in background (R), additional buildings & wind-mill in distance (BRD) within a scalloped & garlanded frame with acanthus leaves & flowers Stock sheets mentions the "poor condition" of the tapestry. The left end side of this panel does not show a clean delineation of the field in relation to the decorative border. This suggests that the tapestry may have been cut in width, especially in view of the larger related work (cited below). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 80022-b Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240466, 0240483, 0240487, 0184446; compositionally similar tapestry (larger composition): GCPA 0240475
Size: 7725px × 9571px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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