Flemish Historical Tapestry

GOURLAY STEELL R.S.A. (1819-1894) 'A DAY OF REST’ Signed and dated Gourlay Steell R.S.A. Pinxt 1871 Gourlay Steell, who lived and died in Edinburgh, succeeded Sir Edwin Landseer a...

A FINE JAPANESE IMARI CHARGER DECORATED WITH A VASE OF FLOWERS, CIRCA 1700. With 18th century riveted repairs.

AN EXCEPTIONAL SPANISH CORK PICTURE ILLUSTRATING THE PRODUCTION OF CORK, CIRCA 1900. Signed E Barcelo. With exquisitely carved vignettes laid on crimson velvet around a central scen...

ATTRIBUTED TO JAMES NORTHCOTE (1746-1831) Portrait of an Artist Oil on canvas

Beautiful and well preserved 17th Century Flemish mythological tapestry, possibly Wauters Workshop, Flanders, Antwerp. Retaining good colour and backed in Belgium linen. With some be...

"The Picadors" The compositional format with all spears encircling and turned toward the prey has a long history in hunting tapestries, with perhap...

This magnificent tapestry was woven in Flanders during the middle of the European Renaissance, in the late 1500s. At this time, Flanders was creating some of the best textiles in the world, and many of the rich wooded scenes with animals and hunting motifs began to appear. Tapestries subjects were thick forests and park lands, hunting scenes filled with deer, birds, exotic animals, and even mythological creatures. These were later referred to as Game Park tapestries...

A Flemish (possibly Antwerp) mythological tapestry from the “Story of Achilles” series, woven in the second half of the 17th century, envisioning a scene in which Achilles’ mother, T...