Verdure Tapestries
Flemish
Category
Tapestries
Date
circa 1660 - circa 1680
Materials
Tapestry of wool and silk, 5-7 warps per cm
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 783213
Summary
Three fragments of verdure, tapestry, wool and silk, 5-7 warps per cm, Flemish, c. 1660-1680. All three tapestries show waterfalls in a forest landscape.
Provenance
On loan to Rufford Old Hall from Major the Hon. John Breckinridge Fermor-Hesketh (1917-1961); by descent to Mrs J.I. Robinson; purchased by the National Trust from the executors of her estate, 2012.
Makers and roles
Flemish, workshop