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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.57069#0333
THE SALOMON COLLECTION
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855. Brussels Tapestry Early XVIII Century
La danse. At the top of a hill, before a classical temple, with a
vista of open country framed by trees, is a group of two men and
three women celebrating a festival. Two of the couples are dancing;
the third woman playing cymbals. Twisted blue ribbon border en-
closing single delicate blossoms—tulips, roses, pansies, etc., with small
white squirrels and birds at the corners.
Height, 3 feet 2 inches; length, 4 feet 5 inches
[Companion to the following]
856. Brussels Tapestry Early XVIII Century
Le conte. At the foot of a hill, beyond which is seen a walled city
in the middle distance, are seated a man and a woman in pastoral
dress, with a goat and two camels, listening to a story of adventure
related by a youth in armor and crimson cloak, who stands before
them holding a baton and gesturing towards a distant country. Border
of the preceding. Height, 3 feet 2 inches; length, 4 feet 5 inches
[Companion to the preceding and following]
857. Brussels Tapestry Early XVIII Century
Le voyage. At the right is a group composed of a young woman in
a white gown, an elderly attendant wearing a wimple and a bearded
man in a crimson cloak, talking earnestly. A young woman in a
golden cloak, accompanied by a child carrying a bundle on his
shoulder, leads a pack camel up towards the left. Hillside landscape
with distant habitations. Border of the preceding.
Height, 3 feet 2 inches; length, 4 feet 5 inches
[Companion to the preceding]
858. Oudenaarde Verdure Tapestry XVIII Century
A park richly wooded with trees and watered by a stream, with a
classical domicile at the right. In the foreground are two white birds
and the figure of a small animal scurrying amid the flowers.
Height, 6 feet 6 inches; length, 9 feet 10 inches
859. Oudenaarde Verdure Tapestry XVIII Century
A wooded landscape with a river flowing through a park, a white
bird standing on the near bank; in the distance a mansion and a
prospect of country in the sunlight.
Height, 6 feet 5 inches; length, 9 feet 6 inches
329
855. Brussels Tapestry Early XVIII Century
La danse. At the top of a hill, before a classical temple, with a
vista of open country framed by trees, is a group of two men and
three women celebrating a festival. Two of the couples are dancing;
the third woman playing cymbals. Twisted blue ribbon border en-
closing single delicate blossoms—tulips, roses, pansies, etc., with small
white squirrels and birds at the corners.
Height, 3 feet 2 inches; length, 4 feet 5 inches
[Companion to the following]
856. Brussels Tapestry Early XVIII Century
Le conte. At the foot of a hill, beyond which is seen a walled city
in the middle distance, are seated a man and a woman in pastoral
dress, with a goat and two camels, listening to a story of adventure
related by a youth in armor and crimson cloak, who stands before
them holding a baton and gesturing towards a distant country. Border
of the preceding. Height, 3 feet 2 inches; length, 4 feet 5 inches
[Companion to the preceding and following]
857. Brussels Tapestry Early XVIII Century
Le voyage. At the right is a group composed of a young woman in
a white gown, an elderly attendant wearing a wimple and a bearded
man in a crimson cloak, talking earnestly. A young woman in a
golden cloak, accompanied by a child carrying a bundle on his
shoulder, leads a pack camel up towards the left. Hillside landscape
with distant habitations. Border of the preceding.
Height, 3 feet 2 inches; length, 4 feet 5 inches
[Companion to the preceding]
858. Oudenaarde Verdure Tapestry XVIII Century
A park richly wooded with trees and watered by a stream, with a
classical domicile at the right. In the foreground are two white birds
and the figure of a small animal scurrying amid the flowers.
Height, 6 feet 6 inches; length, 9 feet 10 inches
859. Oudenaarde Verdure Tapestry XVIII Century
A wooded landscape with a river flowing through a park, a white
bird standing on the near bank; in the distance a mansion and a
prospect of country in the sunlight.
Height, 6 feet 5 inches; length, 9 feet 6 inches
