Panel

Description

Incomplete panel of verdure tapestry woven with coloured wools and silks, showing a landscape with a European bison among different trees, including the rare ‘Dragon’s Blood Tree’ Dracaena draco, and blackberry bushes, repaired in part: Southern Netherlands, c. 1550

Museum reference

A.1956.1439

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Panel

Production information

Belgium, Western Europe

Date

c. 1550

Materials

Wool, Silk

Physical description

Woven in coloured wools with silks

Exhibitions

• Mary Queen of Scots (28 Jun 2013 - 17 Nov 2013)
  National Museum of Scotland

References

Tarrant, Naomi, Textile Treasures: An Introduction to European Decorative Textiles for Home and Church in the National Museums of Scotland, NMS Publishing Ltd, Edinburgh, 2001