TAPESTRY WALL-HANGINGS - VERDURES & ARISTOLOCHIA
Many 'Verdure' (greenery) tapestries were woven throughout the 16th to 18th centuries, with designs based on plant forms. These tapestries featured country scenes, often with birds, rivers and castles. Many verdures were woven in Flanders and Aubusson, important weaving centres patronised by the aristocracy.
The style of 'Feuilles de Choux' or 'Aristolochia' (cabbage leaves) tapestries appeared in the 16th century, depicting birds and animals amidst prolific foliage. These designs were often surrounded by wide and decorated borders, a style influenced by the Renaissance, and perpetuated for several centuries.
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 HERONS AT THE WATERFALL From a 17th century Aubusson tapestry 71 x 109 cm £260 |
 AUTUMNAL FOREST From a 17th century verdure tapestry, in the Flemish style. 72 x 110 cm £210 |
 FOUNTAIN GREENERY From a tapestry originally woven at Aubusson, c. 1770. 73 x 107 £190; 102 x 148 cm £350 |
 BEAUVAIS GREENERY (silk screened tapestry) A 16th century tapestry attributed to the Audenaarde workshops in Flanders 144 x 186 cm £850; 193 x 257 cm £1700
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 GREENERY WITH STAG (silk screened tapestry) Woven c. 1550, and attributed to workshops at Gammont, a weaving town in Flanders. 112 x 132 cm £495; 230 x 280 cm £1895 |
 CABBAGE LEAVES This tapestry was woven at Audenaarde c. 1550, and hangs in the Museum of Vienna, Austria. Audenaarde in Flanders was one of the most important weaving centres in the 16th and 17th centuries. 115 x 70 cm £320; 125 x 90 cm £520; 168 x 130 cm £875 |
 BESTIARY (silk screened tapestry) Woven during the 16th century, this rich 'Aristolochia' tapestry features birds and animals amidst a proliferation of large-leaved foliage. The upper part of the tapestry gives way to a village set in undulating countryside. 178 x 180 cm £1595 |
 THE TWO HERONS From a tapestry now at the Chateau de Chevreuse, which was woven at Aubusson in the mid-18th century. 93 x 142 cm £660; 130 x 185 cm £955 |
 COLVERTS' GREENERY A fine example of a typical 17th century Verdure tapestry, giving a wonderful sense of perspective. 92 x 155 cm £975; 130 x 165 cm £1100; 130 x 203 cm £1395; 178 x 315 cm £1995 |
 THE GLADE (silk-screened tapestry) An 18th century tapestry from the Flanders workshops. On the left is a stag resting in a clearing and on the right is a distant village. 101 x 210 cm £699 |
 LAURAGAIS LANDSCAPE One of the 'Fine Verdure Tapestries' originally woven at Aubusson. This provincial landscape is of the Lauragais region of the French Pyrenees. 93 x 142 cm £599; 130 x 185 cm £995 |
 AUDENAARDE GREENERY A fine example of the many Verdure Tapestries which woven in Flanders, Brussels and Audenaarde in the 17th century 231 x 410 cm £1795 |