. Illustrated cataloge of the costly tapestries, beautiful old laces, antique brocades and velvets, gold and enamel snuffboxes, watches, 18th century fans, Louis Quinze furniture from the collection of the Duc D'Avaray of Paris [electronic resource] . -Brabant mark onthe lower blue margin, on left side. Height. 11 feet \ inches: width. 12 feet 2 inches. {Illustrated) 254—Lakoe Renaissance Tapestry {en suite) This panel, presenting a furious battle scene, includes mountedand foot soldiers with varied shields, spears and swords. Some ofthe former are pictured riding into the conflict on finely c
. Illustrated cataloge of the costly tapestries, beautiful old laces, antique brocades and velvets, gold and enamel snuffboxes, watches, 18th century fans, Louis Quinze furniture from the collection of the Duc D'Avaray of Paris [electronic resource] . -Brabant mark onthe lower blue margin, on left side. Height. 11 feet \ inches: width. 12 feet 2 inches. {Illustrated) 254—Lakoe Renaissance Tapestry {en suite) This panel, presenting a furious battle scene, includes mountedand foot soldiers with varied shields, spears and swords. Some ofthe former are pictured riding into the conflict on finely caparisonedsteeds, flourishing broadswords or spears. Standards are borne ofIonian and other mercenaries, while bannerettes are conspicuouslyheld aloft to the right by the Romans, bearing the S. P. Q. R. in-scription of the old republic. Behind these appear forests ofspears, trophies and flags of the troops who are storming a walledcity—while the background displays a vast panoramic landscape,with river and distant hills and towns. The wide border is similar tothe preceding, the margin on the right side bearing monogram ofJ. Raes—weaver in Brussels, early seventeenth century. Height, 11 feet 3 inches: width, 15 feet 4 inch,*.{Ilhisirated). Xo. 253—Oxf. of a Series of Renaissance Tapestries
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