17th C LARGE LILLE PASTORAL TAPESTRY

Composed of several joined panels and woven in coloured wools and silks, depicting two scenes, peasants travelling to market with their wares, goats and a deer, and peasants dancing to the music of a hurdy-gurdy, within wooded landscapes with poppies and thistles, and distant towns, lacking borders, some patching and areas of reweaving.
H. 86" W. 234"

Provenance: The Contents of the Bois Muralt, Christie’s, London. 20/January/2000 from whom purchased by the present Private Collection, Toronto.

Note: Derived from the work of painter David Teniers The Younger (d. 1690), the Lille Tapestry workshop was known for its high quality weavings of his work under the guidance of Guillaume Weniers (d. 1738), A similar tapestry also woven by Weniers is illustrated in H.C Marillier’s Handbook to the Teniers Tapestries, London, 1932, plate 47, and further similar tapestry was sold at Christies,London, March 25 1999, lot 206.
Condition Report: Condition report available upon request.