Tapestry
1660-1689 (made)
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Description transcribed from the department register of 1949:
Tapestry. Atalanta's race with Hippomenes. Woven in coloured wools and silks on woollen warps. 24 warps to the inch. Hippomenes dressed in red, runs towards the right with a golden apple in his hand and glances back at Atalanta in yellow with a blue girdle who bends down to pick up another golden arrow. Landscape setting with figures in the middle distance and a town in the left background. Border of formal leaves bound with ribbon. Mortlake mark on lower right-hand side.
Tapestry. Atalanta's race with Hippomenes. Woven in coloured wools and silks on woollen warps. 24 warps to the inch. Hippomenes dressed in red, runs towards the right with a golden apple in his hand and glances back at Atalanta in yellow with a blue girdle who bends down to pick up another golden arrow. Landscape setting with figures in the middle distance and a town in the left background. Border of formal leaves bound with ribbon. Mortlake mark on lower right-hand side.
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| Brief description | Tapestry, 1660-1689, English, Mortlake mark. Atalanta's race with Hippomenes |
| Physical description | Description transcribed from the department register of 1949: Tapestry. Atalanta's race with Hippomenes. Woven in coloured wools and silks on woollen warps. 24 warps to the inch. Hippomenes dressed in red, runs towards the right with a golden apple in his hand and glances back at Atalanta in yellow with a blue girdle who bends down to pick up another golden arrow. Landscape setting with figures in the middle distance and a town in the left background. Border of formal leaves bound with ribbon. Mortlake mark on lower right-hand side. |
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| Object history | From Ridley Hall, Northumberland |
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| Accession number | T.75-1949 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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