A tapestry panel, emblematic of autumn, late 17th century, Mortlake or Hatton Garden, London, woven ...

A tapestry panel, emblematic of autumn,
late 17th century, Mortlake or Hatton Garden, London, woven with a vineyard scene in verdure tones heightened with red, the grapes being trodden in a large barrel with gatherers coming forward with baskets and, pickers on the right, overhung by trees with buildings in a landscape behind,
9ft 2ins high x 8ft 4ins wide (279 x 256cm).

H C Marillier points out that the Mortlake Months, to which this panel belongs, are probably based on the Brussels suite of, the Months by Gilles de Leyniers. The Mymms panel was probably part of a double panel representing two months and is very close to the left side of the panel of October from the complete Mortlake Months at Melbury House, Dorset (H C Marillier,, 'English Tapestries of the Eighteenth Century', 1930, pl.23).

Provenance: Christie's North Mymms Park, September 1979, lot 491.