Not currently on display at the V&A

Fragment

ca. 1670-1699 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Fragment of tapestry border woven in wool, silk and metal thread (either silver or silver-gilt with the gilding gone). Decorated with the top half of two putti flanking a central rod entwined with a snake just above their heads, and below the bottom of a roundel. The ground has a chequered pattern in metal thread on a yellow ground. 22-29 warp threads to the inch, 10-12 to the cm. It comes from a tapestry such as the Sujets de la Fable.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tapestry-woven in wool, silk and metal thread
Brief description
Fragment of tapestry border woven in wool, silk and metal thread, made at the Gobelins, France, ca. 1670-1699
Physical description
Fragment of tapestry border woven in wool, silk and metal thread (either silver or silver-gilt with the gilding gone). Decorated with the top half of two putti flanking a central rod entwined with a snake just above their heads, and below the bottom of a roundel. The ground has a chequered pattern in metal thread on a yellow ground. 22-29 warp threads to the inch, 10-12 to the cm. It comes from a tapestry such as the Sujets de la Fable.
Dimensions
  • Height: 9.25in
  • Irregular shape width: 11in
Credit line
Given by Edmund de Unger
Collection
Accession number
T.833-1974

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Record createdFebruary 8, 2005
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