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55 X 160cm 17/18th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry
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55 X 160cm 17/18th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry

18th century
Sold 1 January 1900 · James Cohen Antique Carpets
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A small piece of an ancient tapestry that has been professionally conserved and is now ready for display. The beauty of it is that it can fit into so many small nooks and crannies around the home, bringing charming individuality. A gorgeous scene of flowering bushes in the foreground with a castle in the distance.

5'3" x 1'10"

Date of Manufacture

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

Physical Dimensions
Height
160cm (62.99")
Width
55cm (21.65")
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SA1175981
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Description
A small piece of an ancient tapestry that has been professionally conserved and is now ready for display.
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The beauty of it is that it can fit into so many small nooks and crannies around the home, bringing charming individuality.
James Cohen Antique Carpets

A gorgeous scene of flowering bushes in the foreground with a castle in the distance.

5'3" x 1'10"

Date of Manufacture

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

Height
160cm (62.99")
Width
55cm (21.65")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1175981
James Cohen Antique Carpets
James Cohen Antique Carpets
Sellingantiques verified Since Feb 2021

Specialist in antique rugs, carpets and textiles 16th-19th centuries

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A vertical hand-woven textile panel depicting leafy foliage, fruit-bearing branches, small flowers, and a distant building in muted green, ochre, and blue tones. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO
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Archive I A vertical hand-woven textile panel depicting leafy foliage, fruit-bearing branches, small flowers, and a distant building in muted green, ochre, and blue tones. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

55 X 160cm 17/18th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry

Archive II A vertical hand-woven textile panel depicting leafy foliage, fruit-bearing branches, small flowers, and a distant building in muted green, ochre, and blue tones. View II
Archive III A vertical hand-woven textile panel depicting leafy foliage, fruit-bearing branches, small flowers, and a distant building in muted green, ochre, and blue tones. View III
Archive IV Scale Reference for A vertical hand-woven textile panel depicting leafy foliage, fruit-bearing branches, small flowers, and a distant building in muted green, ochre, and blue tones.
Archive V A vertical hand-woven textile panel depicting leafy foliage, fruit-bearing branches, small flowers, and a distant building in muted green, ochre, and blue tones. View V
Archive VI A vertical hand-woven textile panel depicting leafy foliage, fruit-bearing branches, small flowers, and a distant building in muted green, ochre, and blue tones. View VI
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James Cohen Antique Carpets

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A vertical hand-woven textile panel depicting leafy foliage, fruit-bearing branches, small flowers, and a distant building in muted green, ochre, and blue tones.
55 x 160cm 17/18th Century Flemish Verdure Tapestry
Ref: SA1175981
A vertical hand-woven textile panel depicting leafy foliage, fruit-bearing branches, small flowers, and a distant building in muted green, ochre, and blue tones.
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  • ObjectTapestries
  • Period18th century
  • StyleFlemish Baroque
  • MaterialWool, Silk
  • ColourGreen, Ochre, Blue
  • MotifsFoliage and leaves, Fruit motifs, Architectural elements, Floral blossoms
  • SizeH 160 cm (63 in) x W 55 cm (22 in)

This Flemish Baroque tapestry fragment dates to the seventeenth or eighteenth century and is executed in wool and silk. The textile panel measures 160 cm high by 55 cm wide. The colour palette includes muted green, ochre, and blue tones. The decoration depicts dense leafy foliage and fruit-bearing branches in the upper and lower sections, interspersed with small pink floral blossoms, alongside a distant building representing a castle across a landscape. The work is professionally conserved and mounted onto a light green fabric border with simple top and bottom hems. In a modern interior, this vertical wall hanging suits narrow wall spaces and alcoves around the home, bringing historic texture and individual character to corridors, stairwells, or small nooks. The conservation finish allows the textile to be easily displayed on interior walls without complex mounting hardware. The combination of pastoral foliage and architectural details evokes traditional English Country House aesthetics, fitting seamlessly into heritage decor schemes or eclectic interior arrangements.

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A Flemish verdure tapestry is a woven wall hanging produced predominantly in Flanders during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, characterised by detailed depictions of green foliage, botanical landscapes, and distant architectural features.

Traditional verdure tapestries were hand-woven on high-warp or low-warp looms using wool for the warp and a combination of dyed wool and silk threads for the weft to create intricate detail and depth.

Authenticity is assessed by examining the hand-woven structure, natural vegetable dye fading patterns, hand-stitched repairs, reverse side thread oxidisation, and historical weave density characteristics of the era.

A narrow verdure tapestry panel adds vertical accent texture when suspended on a gallery wall, positioned within an alcove, or displayed alongside period timber furniture.

Preservation requires hanging away from direct sunlight, maintaining stable humidity levels, avoiding chemical cleaners, and using specialist conservation mounting with acid-free backing fabric.
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