Tapestry
1660-1669 (made)
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Tapestry woven in silk and wool on a woollen warp, about 20 threads to an inch. Depicting sheep dipping and sheering in June. In the foreground are two men dipping two struggling sheep in a pond fringed with reeds. On the left under a thatched roof, a man is bringing a sheep to be sheared. There is a large tree on the right and in the foreground is a small port with ships drawn up at the quay side. 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 'Scorpio'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tapestry woven in silk and wool on a woollen warp |
| Brief description | Tapestry woven in silk and wool on a woollen warp, Mortlake Tapestry Factory, England, 1660-1669 |
| Physical description | Tapestry woven in silk and wool on a woollen warp, about 20 threads to an inch. Depicting sheep dipping and sheering in June. In the foreground are two men dipping two struggling sheep in a pond fringed with reeds. On the left under a thatched roof, a man is bringing a sheep to be sheared. There is a large tree on the right and in the foreground is a small port with ships drawn up at the quay side. 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 'Scorpio'. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Harriette C. Sheldon |
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| Accession number | T.175-1960 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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