French antique 'Vedure' tapestry fragment (63 x 129cm)

£ 780.00

Frame size: 63 x 129 cm  //  1ft 9" x 3ft 11"

Tapestry: 54 x 120 cm


The fragment comes from a large tapestry, probably originally measuring approx 4 x 3 metres. The group depicted here are probably a set of subsidiary characters to the main theme, at a guess in the lower right of the original. The main person being a violinist accompanied by two other figures; one a lady wearing a hat of the period, another male donning a medieval period cap.

The tapestry has been mounted onto a board and is enclosed in an old wood picture frame

Provenance: Rowley, South Kensington, London

• circa 1700

Ref. 16561



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