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THBBelgian 'Fantastic Landscape' Wool Tapestry
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PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveDec 6, 2024
This sale features fifteen exceptional 16th-18th century tapestries from the Brooklyn Museum, including a striking series of six depicting a stag hunt. The collection highlights the grandeur of French, Flemish, and Dutch weaving traditions. Additional highlights include a Royal Copenhagen Flora Danica porcelain dinner service, paintings, and sculptures by artists such as Reuven Rubin and Edouard Drouot, along with fine furnishings and other notable items. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Brussels or Aubusson, late 17th/early 18th century, depicting a naturalistic, marshy landscape with heron, crane, and songbirds, and Chinoiserie architectural elements, including statuary, pagoda, and sailboat, frame style border with scallop shell and crossed strap motifs, center top border, a large scale crest with pendant symbol, surmounted by a coronet, with surround of addorsed birds and ermine drapery, linen lining, written in ink on reverse linen "12930" (French & Co. stock sheet number), 107 x 174 in. (8 ft. 11 in. x 14 ft. 6 in.)
Provenance: Before 1926, acquired by Herman Jaffe;
1926, consigned by Herman Jaffe to French & Co., New York, NY.
1927, purchased from French & Co. by Josephine Burton McIlvaine McFadden (Mrs. George H. McFadden) of Philadelphia, PA;
1952, inherited from Josephine Burton McIlvaine McFadden by Emily Barclay McFadden Harrison (Mrs. McFadden Harrison) of New York.
1952, gift of Emily Barclay McFadden Harrison to the Brooklyn Museum;
Property from the Brooklyn Museum.Publication History:
Exotic Chinoiserie Landscape, c. 1780-1800.
Study Photographs of Tapestries, catalogued by Adolph S. Cavallo and Thomas P. Campbell, 1914-1995. Getty Research Institute 97.P.7. Original DB ID 3291. http://hdl.handle.net/10020/97p7_308212. - Provenance
Before 1926, acquired by Herman Jaffe;
1926, consigned by Herman Jaffe to French & Co., New York, NY.
1927, purchased from French & Co. by Josephine Burton McIlvaine McFadden (Mrs. George H. McFadden) of Philadelphia, PA;
1952, inherited from Josephine Burton McIlvaine McFadden by Emily Barclay McFadden Harrison (Mrs. McFadden Harrison) of New York.
1952, gift of Emily Barclay McFadden Harrison to the Brooklyn Museum;
Property from the Brooklyn Museum. - Shipping Info
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- Condition
overall fading and toning, surface abrasions and probable scattered restorations throughout, later linen backing with thread remnants from hanging hardware
