Bacchanalian children. unknown c. 1690 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'9" x W 8'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: Mortlake Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from De Souhami 5/5/1916. 4 boys playing with goat 1 tumbling off, 1 wears Indian-style headdress & holds mask (foreground), stylized garden with fountains & architectural scene (background) (BRD) bead-&-reel molding Marillier discusses a set of 7 panels at Cotehele in which this tapestry matches the description (see pl. 10b). He also identifies 2 other copies: 1 belonged to Mrs. Fetherston-Godly,

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• Image ID: 2WTGHA4
• File size: 215.8 MB (12.6 MB Compressed download)
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• Dimensions: 9400 x 8025 px | 79.6 x 67.9 cm | 31.3 x 26.8 inches | 300dpi

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Bacchanalian children. unknown c. 1690 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'9" x W 8'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: Mortlake Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from De Souhami 5/5/1916. 4 boys playing with goat 1 tumbling off, 1 wears Indian-style headdress & holds mask (foreground), stylized garden with fountains & architectural scene (background) (BRD) bead-&-reel molding Marillier discusses a set of 7 panels at Cotehele in which this tapestry matches the description (see pl. 10b). He also identifies 2 other copies: 1 belonged to Mrs. Fetherston-Godly, the other to Colonel John Harvey of Ickwell Bury, Biggleswade (sold by Messrs. Knight, Frank & Rutley, November 11, 1927); both have the "ball & reel" design for the border. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 2919 Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 24-26 Related Works: Similar tapestries: GCPA 0181838-0181844; GCPA 0181843 same image with minor changes; in reverse.