A FLEMISH LARGE LEAF WILD PARK TAPESTRY, PROBABLY OUDENAARDE, CIRCA 1560-1600 |

woven with a lion, lioness, monkey and horse within exuberant large leaf plants within a landscape setting, within a four-sided fruiting and foliate border with allegorical figures in the lower corners of the border

The photograph is quite accurate. Colours are evenly faded overall. Attractive, natural and balanced colour palette across the tapestry. The browns have oxidised in areas (which is commensurate with the colour of dye used) and have been replaced in areas, for example around edges as highlights, to the trunks of some trees, for example top left of tapestry, and are faded in areas, for example to the fur of the monkey in the lower right corner and also the horse on the right of the composition. There is a stripe of later repair (now terracotta colour) across the back of the lion, which may have been a light highlight originally. This repair is noticeable on close inspection. There are repairs to some of the light cream coloured highlights, for example leaves of exuberant plants in foreground, which is commensurate with age and colours used. There are some areas of repaired reweaving. The outer blue selvedges have been replaced and some are later, for example the right side selvedge is new. This tapestry is in very good and stable restored condition. It is very striking and balanced in both colour and composition, with some charming details.
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