Two border fragments

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17th or 18th century · Tapestry weave in wool with highlights in off-white silk. Modern light yellow woven tape on b · Robert Lehman Collection

This border fragment together with another in the Lehman Collection (1975.1.2401b) are from a tapestry produced in France or the Netherlands in either the seventeenth or eighteenth century is woven in blue, green, brown, and yellow in a pattern of blossoms and buds, with two curious crosslike devices suspended from buds on a stem. The other, in shades of blue and brown, has a crown on a stand with a festooned swag behind it and flowers and leaves above it.

Artist

Unknown

Date

17th or 18th century

Medium

Tapestry weave in wool with highlights in off-white silk. Modern light yellow woven tape on b

Culture

France or the Netherlands

Department

Robert Lehman Collection

Credit line

Robert Lehman Collection, 1975