Title
The Arms of France and Navarre
Object Type
Date
16th century
Description
Centrally woven tapestry depicting an ermine pelmut enclosing an armorial cartouche with the coats of arms of France and Navarre surmounted by a crown and flanked by winged nymphs reclining on clouds, within a blue field diapered with gold fleur-de-lys.
Cultural Origin
French
Medium
wool, cotton, silk
Extent
Overall: 176 x 1/4 x 138 in. (447 x 0.6 x 350.5 cm)
Collection
Source
Purchased by Doris Duke from Parke-Bernet Galleries, October 23, 1965, Sale 2373, lot 345 (The Estate of Mrs. A. Hamilton Rice).
Identifier
1999.716
Related Materials
Illlustrated in H.Gobel, Die Wandteppich, 1928 Vol. II No. 239.
Coural, Beauvais, 1992, p. 41
Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909), 30-33
San Francisco Museum of Art, European Tapestries ( 1922), 52, ill. 67
Coural, Beauvais, 1992, p. 41
Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909), 30-33
San Francisco Museum of Art, European Tapestries ( 1922), 52, ill. 67
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