A FRANCO-FLEMISH PASTORAL MILLE-FLEURS TAPESTRY
A FRANCO-FLEMISH PASTORAL MILLE-FLEURS TAPESTRY

EARLY 16TH CENTURY

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A FRANCO-FLEMISH PASTORAL MILLE-FLEURS TAPESTRY
EARLY 16TH CENTURY
Depicting a flute-player to the left, a jester to the center and a dancing figure to the right, later green guard borders, reduced in size, re-weaving
4 ft. 10 in. (147 cm.) high, 5 ft. 11 in. (180 cm.) wide

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Alan Wintermute
Alan Wintermute

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The mille-fleurs design in tapestries evolved in circa 1450 -1460, one of the first fully developed examples to survive being the Armorial Tapestry of Philip the Good of Burgundy woven in Brussels in circa 1466. This genre of tapestry, however, remained popular until the mid-16th century. The wide variations in quality, the relatively short period in which they were produced and the number of pieces known indicate that numerous workshops made this type of tapestries. The vast majority of these ateliers are believed to have been in the Southern Netherlands.

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