Bacchanalian children. unknown c. 1690 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. 4 boys playing with goat, 1 tumbles off (foreground), one wears Indian-style headdress & holds mask, stylized garden with fountains & architectural scene (background) (BRD) garland of acanthus leaves & flowers with bead-&-reel molding Marillier discusses a set of 7 panels at Cotehele; this tapestry matches the description (see pl. 10b). He also identifies 2 other copies: one belonged to Mrs. Fetherston-Godly, the other to Colonel John Harvey of
Bacchanalian children. unknown c. 1690 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: unknown Ownership History: French & Co. 4 boys playing with goat, 1 tumbles off (foreground), one wears Indian-style headdress & holds mask, stylized garden with fountains & architectural scene (background) (BRD) garland of acanthus leaves & flowers with bead-&-reel molding Marillier discusses a set of 7 panels at Cotehele; this tapestry matches the description (see pl. 10b). He also identifies 2 other copies: one belonged to Mrs. Fetherston-Godly, the other to Colonel John Harvey of Ickwell Bury, Biggleswade (sold by Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley, November 11, 1927); both have the "ball & reel" design for the border. French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 20076 Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 24-26 Related Works: Stylistically similar tapestries, GCPA 0181838-0181842, 0181844; GCPA 0181837 same image with minor changes; in reverse.
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