Tapestry
Category
Tapestries
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Tapestry, wool, silk and linen
Measurements
293 x 191 cm
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Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247020
Summary
One of three Flemish tapestries with the story of Aeneas; all in fruit and flower borders on tobacco ground. c. 1700. Aeneas and attendant stealing away to the ship, in wooded landscape with a city on an hill. Warp count; 7 per cm
Provenance
The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey Central Hall, page 3