THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY by Urban and Daniel Leyniers, woven in wools and silks, depicting Psyche being directed by Jupiter across the sea with nymphs and figures emblematic of the wind in attendance, with a mermaid and a triton blowing in a shell in an extensive rocky landscape with trees and a rocky bridge beyond, the border woven in yellows, browns and reds with ribbon-twist and entrelac and rosette and with acanthus cabochons to the angles with weaver's mark V.L.D.L. with Royal Brussells townmark restorations and some small patches of re-weaving, reduced in height, first half 18th Century

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A BRUSSELS TAPESTRY by Urban and Daniel Leyniers, woven in wools and silks, depicting Psyche being directed by Jupiter across the sea with nymphs and figures emblematic of the wind in attendance, with a mermaid and a triton blowing in a shell in an extensive rocky landscape with trees and a rocky bridge beyond, the border woven in yellows, browns and reds with ribbon-twist and entrelac and rosette and with acanthus cabochons to the angles with weaver's mark V.L.D.L. with Royal Brussells townmark restorations and some small patches of re-weaving, reduced in height, first half 18th Century
151 x 94in. (383.5 x 239cm.)

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