
Oliver Cornish
Sale Coordinator for Furniture, Sculpture, Rugs & Tapestries
This auction has ended. View lot details
Sold for £6,400 inc. premium
Our Home and Interiors specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialist
Sale Coordinator for Furniture, Sculpture, Rugs & Tapestries

Head of Sale Carpets and Tapestries
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, 26 Jan 2000, Lot 104.
Chawton House.
The presence of hunting tapestries, such as the present lot, in noble homes represented a 'cultural performance,' according to Wyld. In Medieval and early modern Europe, the right to hunt depended on the ownership of land. Skill in hunting signified prowess on the battlefield. Hunting 'a force' was deemed the most noble way to hunt and usually involved the pursuit of a stag or a boar with hounds.
Literature
H.Wyld, The Art of Tapestry, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2022.