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| Last quarter 15th century. | B& W. Dark bell tent, ornate apex, lines descend from the apex probably indicating panel definition, spear head shaped decoration rises above the valance, the three point guy rope attachment goes through the top of the valance and the ends can be seen above the top of the valance, the valance itself is decorated by a number of letters interspersed with flowers (“E*S*G*P*N*D*R”) and has a fringe, there appears to be a grilled window on the left hand side of the door (See “Le Cueur d”Amours Espris”), the bottom edge of the wall has a decorative band and fringe, bottom edge guy ropes and pegs are visible on left. | Figure 106, ‘The Tent of Achilles (left quarter missing). Tapestry, Southern Netherlands, last quarter of the fifteenth century. Cathedral, Zamora. | Cavallo, A.S., Medieval Tapestries in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1993, p. 235. |
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