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Tapestry: Pergola with Figures (probably from a series of pergola tapestries)
Flemish
Last quarter of the 16th or first half of the 17th century
Object Place: Brussels, Flanders
Medium/Technique
Tapestry weave (wool warp; wool and silk wefts)
Dimensions
340.5 x 465 cm (134 1/16 x 183 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Caroline Louise Williams French
Accession Number05.4
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionIn the foreground, almost completely filling the field, stands an eight-columned pergola, raised on a platform. Three large urns containing flowers stand on the platform. In the extreme foreground, a woman crouches beside a basket of flowers.
Provenance1905, gift of Caroline Louise Williams French (b. 1833 - d. 1914), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 6, 1905)