Lot 2
  • 2

A French Gothic tapestry fragment circa 1500

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • height 1ft. 8 3/4 in.; width 9ft. 1/4in.
  • 0.53m; 2.75m
incorporating a figure of St. Claude, Abbot of Condat, Bishop of Besançon to the left, half length figures of emperors and kings bearing sceptors and swords, a woman holding hands with a king to the right, all on a blue background with gold fleur de lys and with French Gothic script below detailing the lineage of the Carolingian dynasty to the Duke of Aquitaine, Count of Poitiers. 
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