Lot 302
FLEMISH BIBLICAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
Auction: 30 June 2010 at 12:00 BST
£1,500
Description
woven with a king seated on a throne under a blue cloth canopy, courtiers standing to each side, later plain band border (reduced)
Dimensions
237cm x 210cm
Footnote
Provenance: Springkell House, Dumfriesshire.
Note:
Label to reverse:
"A portion of a large subject which belongs to a very fine set of Old Testament scenes in the Imperial Collection at Vienna. The whole subject represents the jews negotiating with Solomon. The original set was woven at Brusseles [sic] in the 16th century; this piece is later, possibly 17th century, as the designs went on for some time"