17th Century Flemish Tapestry Fragment Pillow Depicting the Birth of Venusrug no. j5339

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An exquisite late 17th-century Flemish hand-woven wool and silk tapestry fragment custom-upholstered into a luxury accent pillow. The central panel depicts a classical mythological scene inspired by the Birth of Venus, featuring the goddess standing atop a scallop shell amidst swirling ocean waves. She is flanked by attendants/tritons emerging from the water beneath a draped canopy framed by trees and distant architectural ruins. The scene is rendered in soft pastel shades of rose, cream, ochre, slate blue, and sage green using finely spun wool and silk threads. The central tapestry face is framed by intricate passementerie gimp braid, bordered along all four sides with plush bronze tassel fringe, and fully backed in a high-grade champagne silk dupioni lining with a plush down/feather insert.

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