Lot 22
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A English Hunting tapestry Second half of 17th century, Mortlake

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • height 9ft. 11in.; width 13ft. 3in.
  • 3.02m; 4.04m
two hunters with bows and arrows in the center by a stream, another on the far right, a wooded landscape, a border of flowering swags interspersed with massive scrolling leaves and cartouches flanked by putti holding lyres. 

Literature

RELATED LITERATURE
M. Swain, Tapestries and Textiles at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in the Royal Collection, London, 1988, pp. 12-16.

W.G. Thomson, Tapestry Weaving in England, London & New York, 1914, fig. 49.

Catalogue Note

Compare a set of seven tapestries depicting the Life of Diogenes, produced by Mortlake, with a very similar border incorporating swags and large acanthus leaves, in Thomson and Swain (op.cit.)