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Tapestry

1660-1689 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.

Object details

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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.
Dimensions
  • Top edge width: 266cm
  • Bottom edge width: 261cm
  • Left side height: 242cm
  • Right side height: 240cm
  • Weight: 37kg (cumulative)
Weight including roller. Roller shared with T.77-1949
Object history
From Ridley Hall, Northumberland
Collection
Accession number
T.75-1949

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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