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A 17th Century Tapestry Cushion Cover
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A 17th Century Tapestry Cushion Cover

17th century
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David and Goliath

Circa 1630-1650. Northern Netherlands, possibly Delft or Gouda.

Woven in silk and wool with the central scene of the Philistine giant and the young shepherd within a border of large tulips, roses, and other flowers.

Tapestry cushion covers of the same set were sold as part of the Mayorcas Collection (Christie’s King Street, 1999). A cover depicting an episode from the life of Joseph with an identical floral border is in the collection of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, and is illustrated as plate 99a in Heinrich Göbel, Wandteppiche (III. Teil, Band 2): Die germanischen und slawischen Länder.

Bordered with gold braid and mounted on a stretcher.

Physical Dimensions
Height
56cm (22.05")
Width
58cm (22.83")
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Textile Antiques has dated this 17th Century Tapestry Cushion to the 17th Century.

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SA1159524
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David and Goliath

Circa 1630-1650. Northern Netherlands, possibly Delft or Gouda.

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Woven in silk and wool with the central scene of the Philistine giant and the young shepherd within a border of large tulips, roses, and other flowers.
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fig 1. A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red.
fig 1. A 17th Century Tapestry Cushion Cover

Tapestry cushion covers of the same set were sold as part of the Mayorcas Collection (Christie’s King Street, 1999). A cover depicting an episode from the life of Joseph with an identical floral border is in the collection of the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, and is illustrated as plate 99a in Heinrich Göbel, Wandteppiche (III. Teil, Band 2): Die germanischen und slawischen Länder.

Bordered with gold braid and mounted on a stretcher.

Height
56cm (22.05")
Width
58cm (22.83")
Date of Manufacture

Textile Antiques has dated this 17th Century Tapestry Cushion to the 17th Century.

Reference Numbers
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SA1159524
Dealers Internal Ref
7
Textile Antiques
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Fine european textiles and tapestries of the period spanning the 15th century to the early 20th century.

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Archive I A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red.

A 17th Century Tapestry Cushion Cover

Archive II A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red. View II
Archive III A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red. View III
Archive IV A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red. View IV
Archive V A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red. View V
Archive VI A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red. View VI
Archive VII A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red. View VII
Archive VIII A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red. View VIII
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A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red.
A 17th century tapestry cushion cover
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A square 17th-century woven tapestry cushion cover featuring a central circular medallion with figures, surrounded by a floral border in shades of blue, beige, and red.
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Seventeenth-century tapestry cushions are hand-woven textile panels created predominantly in Europe, featuring complex allegorical, biblical, or classical scenes encircled by dense botanical borders of leaves and flowers.

These textiles were traditionally hand-woven on looms using spun wool for structural strength and dyed silk threads to highlight detail, contrast, and subtle colour gradations.

Authentic period pieces exhibit hand-spun yarn irregularities, natural dye fading, slubs in the weave, and hand-stitched repairs, alongside a reverse side showing unfaded yarn colours and historic mounting evidence.

Interior designers frequently display antique tapestry cushions as focal accent pieces on contemporary neutral sofas, or mount and frame the textile panels as framed architectural wall art.

Preservation requires avoiding direct sunlight to prevent fibre degradation, maintaining stable humidity levels, using conservation-grade archival mounting, and consulting specialised textile conservators for cleaning.
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