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Lot 25 Dα

Two Spanish embroidered borders

Auction 1182 - overview Cologne
15.07.2021, 11:00 - The Exceptional Bernard De Leye Collection
Estimate: 2.000 € - 3.000 €
Result: 1.625 € (incl. premium)
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Two Spanish embroidered borders

Red silk velvet with appliqués in gold, silver and coloured silk threads. One border depicting the Virgin in an aureole beneath a trefoil Mannerist arch. The lower section and the second border with fountain motifs in several tiers with foliate scrolls and grotesques. Framed under glass, H 135 and H 115, W 32 cm.
Circa 1600 / early 17th century.

Certificate

With an expertise by Danièle Véron-Denise.

Literature

Cf. Durian-Ress, Textilien Sammlung Bernheimer Paramente 15. - 19. Jahrhundert, Munich 1991, no. 60. Cf. Mayer Thurman, European Textiles in the Robert Lehmann Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 2001, no. 54.