Description
A Fabulous, Early 18th Century Audenaarde Tapestry, Circa 1730, probably after Jan de Karel. Worked in wool and silk with a figural scene and framed by a decorative border; Depicting ”The Cocoa Pause”. Restored by De Wit manufacture in 2002. [Similar examples can be found in Ingrid de Meuter’s ‘Audenarde Tapestry’, pp 232 & 234, a comparable tapestry is kept at the castle of Westerloo. P. 234 : ””Four very well preserved tapestries can be found in the castle from Westerloo. We don’t know exactly when they got there, but it was perhaps at the beginning of the 18th century, when Marshal de Merode transform the building. The fairly fine weaving has 6 to 8 threads hundredth and a lot of silk threads. All the nuances of the landscape that opens in perspective on the distance have remained clearly visible. The second wall hanging is in the Netherlands, at Diepenheim castle. Five pieces have been there since the turn of the century. The three large pieces representing a group of musicians, women picking flowers and a group drinking chocolate, are the same in both case. 149½” x 122” (380 cm x 310 cm).