Verdure
Flemish
Category
Tapestries
Date
circa 1650 - circa 1675
Materials
Tapestry, wool and silk, 4 warps per cm
Measurements
1.92 m (H); 4.22 m (W)
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1289256.3
Summary
Tapestry, wool and silk, 4 warps per cm, Verdure, one of four, Flemish, c. 1650-1675. A wide wooded landscape with two beasts fighting in the foreground to the right of the centre. There are wide borders at either side composed of vases and urns of flowers in a decorative architectural framework. The left hand border has been sewn onto the main field, but the right hand border is integral.
Full description
The tapestry is one of four related verdures at Wightwick, all of which have been cut up and reassembled to fill parts of the walls on the ground floor of the house (nos. 1289256.2-4). A fifth tapestry, no. 1289256.1, is not related to the others but was made slightly later and has a different border. (Helen Wyld, 2013)
Makers and roles
Flemish, workshop