Teniers Tapestries
Flemish
Category
Tapestries
Date
1710 - 1740
Materials
Tapestry, wool and silk, 7 ½ warps per cm
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1247022
Summary
Two tapestries in the style of David Teniers the Younger, 7½ warps per cm, Flemish, probably Brussels, c. 1710-1740. Both panels have been cut from a larger pieces.
Provenance
Date of acquisition not recorded, but probably originally at 16 Charles Street, Mayfair, Mrs Greville's London home, and bequeathed by Margaret McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald Greville (1863-1942) with Polesden Lacey, to the National Trust, in memory of her father, William McEwan (1827-1913) in 1942. These items found on the probate inventory record for Charles Street chattels at Polesden Lacey, tapestries, page 24.
Makers and roles
Flemish, workshop