Caption

Tapestry, 16th century late 16th century, Flanders. Preserved fragment of fabric, height 164 cm, width 365 cm. Millefleurs tapestry: entire surface densely strewn with motifs of small flowering plants on a black background; ornament colors red, green, dark navy blue, and sand. Slightly above the horizontal axis are two medallions, each framed by a thick wreath of fruit, flowers, scrollwork motifs, and a mascaron. One medallion depicts a rural landscape with architecture and an emblem with a jug at the top; the other shows a forest landscape with a moose and a doe in the foreground and a suspended emblem at the top. The upper border preserved only in the upper part consists of a thick twig of flowers and fruit., A large rectangular woven textile with a dense all-over floral field in shades of green, brown, red, blue, and cream, featuring two round medallions set into the floral background; each medallion is bordered by a band of stylized flowers and foliage in colors including cream, blue, yellow, red, and green, and contains a central scene with architectural and natural elements rendered in muted blues, greens, creams, and tan; a narrow decorative border runs along the top with a repeating floral and fruit motif in blue, cream, yellow, red, and green; the overall palette is earthy and muted with visible texture and areas of wear.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_103

License type

Rights managed

Available size

44.4Mb (6.3Mb) / 19.3in x 8.9in / 5777 x 2684 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry 16th century late 16th century Flanders Preserved fragment fabric height 164 cm width 365 cm Millefleurs tapestry entire surface densely strewn motifs small flowering plants black background ornament colors red green dark navy blue sand Slightly horizontal axis two medallions framed thick wreath fruit flowers scrollwork motifs mascaron medallion depicts rural landscape architecture emblem jug top forest landscape moose doe foreground suspended emblem upper border preserved upper part consists thick twig large rectangular woven textile dense - floral field shades brown red blue cream featuring two round medallions set floral background medallion bordered band stylized flowers foliage colors yellow contains central scene architectural natural elements rendered muted blues greens creams tan narrow decorative border runs repeating floral fruit motif palette earthy muted visible texture areas wear.