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Lot 56
Sale 4237 - English & Continental Furniture & Decorative Arts
May 17, 2016
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$3,000 -
5,000
Price Realized
$1,600
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Flemish tapestry altar frontal late 16th/early 17th century
With a lower panel depicting Christ with children in an earthly paradise flanked by the Virgin Mary and an angel, surmounted by a frieze centered by the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove surrounded by putti hanging festoons of fruit, bordered to all four sides with a narrow cream band and blue selvage.
H: 41 3/4, W: 95 1/2 in.