UNKNOWN WEAVER, Dutch
(active 1660-1680 in northern Netherlands)

Tablecloth with Flora in a cartouche

1660-80
Tapestry, woll and silk, 194 x 275 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Floral tablecloths were a typically northern Netherlandish genre in tapestry-making, and generally date from the second and third quarters of the 17th century, most of them being woven in Delft and Gouda.




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