Caption

Tapestry-verdure, In the foreground are large trees and blooming shrubs and flowers; further on a river; beyond the river are rural buildings. Border: side panels with vases of flowers; horizontal panels with flower garlands; center with vases of flowers. Colors: sand, brown, blue, green, and ochre. 17th century, Netherlands. Woven decorative fabric tapestry, height 319 cm, width 308 cm., A large square textile with a dark central field surrounded by a patterned border; the fabric shows a faded floral and foliage design with leaves and flower shapes rendered in muted gold and brown tones against a deep greenish-brown background, and a surrounding band featuring floral motifs in shades of gold, olive, and dark green with touches of brown; the outermost edge is trimmed in a dark blue fabric and the top edge has a lighter beige strip attached; the surface appears worn and uneven in texture with areas of lighter and darker discoloration and visible weave.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_076

License type

Rights managed

Available size

97.9Mb (11.3Mb) / 19.0in x 20.0in / 5703 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry-verdure foreground large trees blooming shrubs flowers further river beyond rural buildings Border side panels vases horizontal panels flower garlands center Colors sand brown blue green ochre 17th century Netherlands Woven decorative fabric tapestry height 319 cm width 308 cm large square textile dark central field surrounded patterned border fabric faded floral foliage design leaves flower shapes rendered muted gold brown tones deep greenish-brown background surrounding band featuring floral motifs shades gold olive dark green touches outermost edge trimmed dark blue fabric top edge lighter beige strip attached surface worn uneven texture areas lighter darker discoloration visible weave.