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Tapestry

1660-1699 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tapestry woven in wool and silk on a woollen warp about 18 threads to an inch. Depicting August harvesting with a man sitting on a heap of sheaves of corn in the foreground and drinking from a jug, a boy sleeps behind him, and on the left a woman is gathering sheaves and on the right a man is cutting corn with a scythe. In the middle distance a man is leading corn onto a cart. There is a village in the background on the left and a church on the right. The border contains a curling wine leaf in brown and green-yellow on a slate coloured ground. In the top border is woven a sign of the zodiac 'Virgo'. Woven into the right hand side is the Mortlake shield.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Tapestry woven in wool and silk on a woollen warp
Brief description
Tapestry woven in wool and silk on a woollen warp, Mortlake Tapestry Factory, England, 1660-1699
Physical description
Tapestry woven in wool and silk on a woollen warp about 18 threads to an inch. Depicting August harvesting with a man sitting on a heap of sheaves of corn in the foreground and drinking from a jug, a boy sleeps behind him, and on the left a woman is gathering sheaves and on the right a man is cutting corn with a scythe. In the middle distance a man is leading corn onto a cart. There is a village in the background on the left and a church on the right. The border contains a curling wine leaf in brown and green-yellow on a slate coloured ground. In the top border is woven a sign of the zodiac 'Virgo'. Woven into the right hand side is the Mortlake shield.
Dimensions
  • Top edge width: 235cm
  • Bottom edge width: 235.5cm
  • Left side height: 309cm
  • Right side height: 299.5cm
  • Weight: 36kg (cumulative)
Weight including roller. Roller shared with T.175-1960
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Harriette C. Sheldon
Collection
Accession number
T.174-1960

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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