AN ANTIQUE VELVET AND BROCADE TAPESTRY WITH RELIGIOUS IMAGERY
of deep red velvet with a central brocade panel featuring six roundels, each medallion embroidered with religious imagery including the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, St. Andrew, and others, each scene surrounded by scrolling embroidered flowers on a blue velvet ground with a gold brocade border, length: 204 cm (80 1/4 in.)
PROVENANCE
Sotheby`s, New York, lot 536, unknown sale date (old label on verso)
Acquired circa 1970s-80s from the above
Thence by descent in the family