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Lot 355
Sale 530 - Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts
Oct 16, 2017
9:59AM
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Estimate
$8,000 -
12,000
Price Realized
$8,125
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Lot Description
A Flemish Silk and Wool Tapestry Depicting The Story of Duchy of Brabant
BRUSSELS, EARLY 17TH CENTURY
depicting Emperor Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor, crowning a kneeling Henry I the first Duke of Brabant, flanked by attendants, a basilica interior in the background, the border worked to show cornucopias, shells and a lion mask before a shell and stylized dolphins, with grotesque masks at the corners.
12 feet 6 inches x 14 feet 3 inches.
