Posted 9 months ago
ZZeppelin
(16 items)
The Border is falling away, but the rest is Bright & very intact...................................Age? Depiction of ? the 2nd & 3rd picture are of the backside. approx 30" h X 20" w
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The photo is not clear to give anything but some general comment.
Try searching google images with
Tapestry belgian, flemish, aubusson.
"King -Carol tapestry belgian"
Combinations like that.
I get a feeling it might be Alexander the Great.
But there is no chance to get any detail with this one photo.
It is probably a nineteenth century copy of a seventeenth century original.
What exactly is it? Looks like it's in a suitcase & then looks like tapestry.
In cases like this we should have the options of "Love it", "Like it", "Undecided" & "What is it?".
With the new images it looks to be "needlepoint". Check out the form of stitching:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needlepoint
Look up Berlin wool work too.
It doesn't look modern, the backing is too fine.