Date | Description | Source | Reference |
1470 -1490 A.D. | B& W. Six bell tents.
Dark bell tent, multi-lobed apex, lines descend from the apex probably indicating panel definition, spear head shaped decoration rises above the valance, the three point guy rope attachment goes through the top of the valance and the ends can be seen above the top of the valance, the valance itself is decorated by a number of letters in pearls interspersed with flowers (“E*S*G*P*”) and has a fringe, there appears to be a grilled window on the left hand side of the door (See “Le Cueur d'Amours Espris”), the walls are in a ‘camo’ design, the bottom edge of the wall has a decorative band and fringe, bottom edge guy ropes and pegs are visible on left. Only parts of the five Greek bell tents on the lift background are visible.
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“13a. Scenes from The Story of the Trojan War, The Battle with
Sagittary and the Conference at Achilles’ Tent. Southern Netherlands, probably
produced through Pasquier Grenier of Tournai, 1470 - 1490.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.” |
Cavallo, A.S., Medieval Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993, p. 230. |
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