A Flemish Mythological Tapestry, probably Antwerp for the English Export Market second quarter 18th century possibly from 'The Story of Rinaldo and Armida', depicting the arrival on the enchanted isle, woven with a woven with a barge with seated male and female figure under a red umbrella, with a black boy guiding the barge towards the shore, where they are greeted by a female figure with an armful of fruit and a small spaniel, all figures in contemporary 18th century dress, set with formal landscaped gardens, and the right of the composition with a château and fountain with dolphin supports, and exuberant flowering foreground plants, with a female figure standing in the background near the fountain, woven within a red and gold narrow bead-and-real border, with walnut brown outer selvedge; with a central repaired vertical old fold line approximately 199cm. high, 526cm. wide; 6ft. 6in., 17ft. 3in.
A Flemish Mythological Tapestry, probably Antwerp for the English Export Market second quarter 18th century possibly from 'The Story of Rinaldo and Armida', depicting the arrival on the enchanted isle, woven with a woven with a barge with seated male and female figure under a red umbrella, with a black boy guiding the barge towards the shore, where they are greeted by a female figure with an armful of fruit and a small spaniel, all figures in contemporary 18th century dress, set with formal landscaped gardens, and the right of the composition with a château and fountain with dolphin supports, and exuberant flowering foreground plants, with a female figure standing in the background near the fountain, woven within a red and gold narrow bead-and-real border, with walnut brown outer selvedge; with a central repaired vertical old fold line approximately 199cm. high, 526cm. wide; 6ft. 6in., 17ft. 3in.
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