Border fragments made into cantonnière. unknown c. 1578 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'2" x W 7' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Comte de Gontaut Biron coll. French & Co. purchased from American Art Association (H. S. de Souhami sale) 11/12/1921; sold to L. F. Rothschild 1/19/1924. Inscriptions: Inscription at top, above niche: 157[8?] Grotesques with allegorical & Old Testament figures, including Susanna & elders (L, bottom) & Bathsheba & David's servant (R, bottom); vignettes created by miniature architectural frames, some with v
Border fragments made into cantonnière. unknown c. 1578 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'2" x W 7' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: Flemish Weaving Center: Brussels Ownership History: Comte de Gontaut Biron coll. French & Co. purchased from American Art Association (H. S. de Souhami sale) 11/12/1921; sold to L. F. Rothschild 1/19/1924. Inscriptions: Inscription at top, above niche: 157[8?] Grotesques with allegorical & Old Testament figures, including Susanna & elders (L, bottom) & Bathsheba & David's servant (R, bottom); vignettes created by miniature architectural frames, some with vine-trellised arbors, interspersed with landscape scenes & garlands of flowers, fruit & vases (L & R sides); 2 seated female figures flanked by putto, niche with inscription above (center, top) Top & side borders of 1 or more hangings, made into cantonnière. In 1924, French & Company cut left & top parts into a screen (Stock sheet). Borders used in Los Angeles County Museum of Art tapestry, "Joust" (Kraak). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 23908 Mayer-Thurman, Lehman Collection (2001), 26-29, Related Works: Similar borders, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, , "Border"
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