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Tapestry border

Description

Tapestry border, c. 1610. A Brussels tapestry border woven in wool with principle colours being blue/green/yellow/brown - but with significant colour loss, and depicting boys divided by trophies of vines, with in the centre two boys and an animal (leopard?); top and bottom border striped with entwined ivy.

  • Object number

    STRST : SBT 1993-31/263

  • Date

    1601-1625

  • Technique

    woven

  • Material

    textile wool

  • Measurements

  • Length

    2.16 metres

  • Width

    0.62 metres

  • Credit line

    CC-BY-NC-ND Image Courtesy of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust