Verdure
Flemish
Category
Tapestries
Date
circa 1680 - circa 1700
Materials
Tapestry, wool and silk, 7 warps per cm
Measurements
2.32 m (H); 2.84 m (W)
Place of origin
Belgium
Order this imageCollection
Rufford Old Hall, Lancashire
NT 783217
Summary
Tapestry, wool and silk, 7 warps per cm, Verdure, Flemish, c. 1680-1700. A landscape with a distant view to a fountain in a formal garden in the centre, trees and foliage to either side, and a crane in the right foreground. The tapestry has been cut down from a larger piece. A wide blue galloon has been applied around all four sides.
Full description
This tapestry may come from the same set as nos. 783214.1 and 2.
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