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238 X 255cm Fine Antique 17/18th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry
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238 X 255cm Fine Antique 17/18th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry

18th century
Description

Wonderful quality tapestry depicting a peaceful footpath next to a small stream surrounded by leafy trees with various shades of green. A quiet grove of trees and a pheasant in each of the upper corners. Freshly relined ready for another 100 years and more....

7'10" x 8'4"

Date of Manufacture

James Cohen Antique Carpets has dated this Flemish Verdure Wall Tapestry to the 1700s.

Independent Date Guide ID 09487948
Dealer's Item Date1700s
Sellingantiques Date1700s
Sellingantiques agingItem 285-350 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to THE 1700s:
Hand-woven wool and silk: fine slits and hatchings blend the foliage tones.
Mellowed vegetable dyes: greens have parted into rich indigo blues and buff yellows.
Classical pavilion in the clearing: formal architectural backdrop framed by natural woodland.
Acanthus and bird border: foliate framing woven in the manner of Flemish centres.
Fine conservation stitching: historic weft threads neatly secured to a modern backing.

This Independent Date Guide was compiled by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. It works only from the photographs shown on this page and is never told the date the dealer has declared. It is a guide, not a guarantee of age, and occasional errors can occur.

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SA1212564
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Description
Wonderful quality tapestry depicting a peaceful footpath next to a small stream surrounded by leafy trees with various shades of green. A quiet grove of trees and a pheasant in each of the upper corners. Freshly relined ready for another 100 years and more....

7'10" x 8'4"

Date of Manufacture

James Cohen Antique Carpets has dated this Flemish Verdure Wall Tapestry to the 1700s.

Independent Date Report ID 09487948
Dealer's Item Date1700s
Sellingantiques dating1700s
Sellingantiques agingItem 285-350 years old
ResultsDates match
Why Sellingantiques dated this piece to the 1700s:
Hand-woven wool and silk: fine slits and hatchings blend the foliage tones.
Mellowed vegetable dyes: greens have parted into rich indigo blues and buff yellows.
Classical pavilion in the clearing: formal architectural backdrop framed by natural woodland.
Acanthus and bird border: foliate framing woven in the manner of Flemish centres.
Fine conservation stitching: historic weft threads neatly secured to a modern backing.

This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.

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SA1212564
James Cohen Antique Carpets
James Cohen Antique Carpets
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Specialist in antique rugs, carpets and textiles 16th-19th centuries

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A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border.
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Archive I A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border.

238 X 255cm Fine Antique 17/18th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry

Archive II A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border. View II
Archive III A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border. View III
Archive IV A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border. View IV
Archive V A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border. View V
Archive VI A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border. View VI
Archive VII A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border. View VII
Archive VIII A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border. View VIII
Archive IX A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border. View IX
Archive X A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border. View X
Archive XI A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border. View XI
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A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border.
238 x 255cm Fine Antique 17/18th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry
Ref: SA1212564
A large woven Flemish verdure tapestry featuring a dense forest landscape with trees, botanical plants, a central chateau view, and a decorative foliage border.
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  • ObjectWall Tapestries
  • Period18th century
  • StyleFlemish Baroque
  • MaterialWool, Silk
  • ColourGreen, Ochre, Blue
  • MotifsForest foliage, Distant chateau, Acanthus leaf border, River landscape

This large wall tapestry dates from the seventeenth or eighteenth century in the Flemish Baroque style, constructed from wool and silk with a freshly relined backing. The fabric displays a dense forest landscape in rich shades of green, ochre and blue, centered around a footpath and a small stream winding past leafy trees and botanical plants. A distant chateau is visible in the middle ground, framed by a decorative acanthus leaf border incorporating forest foliage motifs. Signs of age include gentle fading and softening of the woven threads across the textile surface. The tapestry measures 238 cm by 255 cm. In a contemporary interior, a piece of this scale functions as a decorative wall hanging in a living room, hallway or study, providing visual warmth and historical texture to a blank wall surface. The muted earthy palette complements both traditional and modern architectural backdrops, serving as a primary focal point within a domestic space.

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A verdure tapestry is a style of European woven textile that focuses primarily on natural green foliage, forest scenes, and woodland landscapes, developed extensively in Flanders from the 16th through the 18th centuries.

Traditional European tapestries were hand-woven on vertical or horizontal looms using dyed wool for the warp and weft, often incorporating silk threads to highlight intricate details and architectural features.

Authentic period tapestries feature hand-spun wool fibres, natural dye variations, irregular hand-stitched borders, specific weave structures on the reverse side, and characteristic atmospheric perspective techniques in the landscape design.

Large textile hangings act as focal points in spacious rooms, offering visual texture, colour depth, and sound absorption when hung on expansive plain walls above low-profile furniture.

Tapestries require support through velcro-backed hanging strips to distribute weight evenly, protection from direct sunlight, periodic gentle conservation vacuuming through a screen, and environment control to prevent humidity damage.
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