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European Decorative Arts and Sculpture

Noblewoman Seated in an Interior
Fragment of a Tapestry

Made in Southern Netherlands (modern Belgium), Europe

Fourth quarter of 15th century

Artist/maker unknown, Flemish

Wool and silk
8 feet x 3 feet 3 inches (243.8 x 99.1 cm)

Currently not on view

1945-25-241

Purchased with Museum funds from the George Grey Barnard Collection, 1945

Label

This fragment, showing a noblewoman standing beneath a Gothic canopy, closely resembles a section of a larger tapestry depicting the Destruction of Jealousy’s Tower that was photographed at Skipton Castle, Yorkshire, England, in 1924.

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