A SPANISH VERDURE TABLE TAPESTRY
Lot 373

A SPANISH VERDURE TABLE TAPESTRY

MADRID, 18TH CENTURY

Closed26 January 2011

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GBP 15,000

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A SPANISH VERDURE TABLE TAPESTRY
MADRID, 18TH CENTURY
Woven in polychrome silk and wool, with a cartouche to each corner suspending floral garlands and joined by scrolling foliage, within a picture frame border, with monogram 'MAD'
111 x 82 in. (282 x 208 cm.), approx.

Anonymous sale, Christie's London, 11 June 1998, lot 49.

Specialist note

The 'MAD' monogram appears first in Francisco Vandergoten's tapestries of the 'Story of Don Quixote' woven in Madrid in 1727.