French Chatsworth House Marquis de Boissy Flat Weave Wool Armorial Tapestry trunks Elaborately carved with strap-work

Elaborately carved with strap-work

Sight: Width 40

a scrolled apron with carved shell motif and a delicate saltire stretcher with turned center pediment

hand blown glass flask bottle features a complex scene with two porcelain doll weavers working on a two-tier wooden loom scaffolding

420&A-1911) and also exhibited at the Truths of the Trade: Slavery and the Winterthur Collection (Winterthur

French Chatsworth House Marquis de Boissy Flat Weave Wool Armorial Tapestry trunks Elaborately carved with strap-workDETAILS This antique, tapestry panel is flat woven in wool with the crest: coat of arms of Hilaire tienne Octave Rouill de Boissy, Marquis de Boissy (French, 1798 1866) and the Gamba family for his wife Teresa (Gamba) Guiccioli, Marquise de Boissy (Italian, 1800 73), who were married in 1851. The central coat of arms is flanked by rampant lions, surmounted by a crown and the Latin motto Moderatur et Urget, with ribbon suspended Maltese cross, set