46.106_01
Title
Shepherd and Shepherdess Against a Mille-Fleurs Ground
Materials
wool (warps), wool (wefts), silk (wefts), 4-7 warp threads per cm, 3 ply Z S
Place
Southern Netherlands, Spanish Netherlands, Flanders, Oudenaarde (possibly) (place of manufacture)
Description
Wool and silk tapestry fragment showing the top halves of a shepherd and shepherdess against a mille fleurs background. The man holds a shepherd’s crook, with a bird behind him, and the lady a shepherdess’s conical scoop or houlette in her right hand and a falcon on her left. Part of the Burrell Collection.
Measurements
overall: 1050 mm x 1390 mm
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