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HRP , Great Masters , Tijou Gate 118 / 8017 by Cole & Son
Colour : Spring Green , Soft Olive & Rouge Dimension : 70 cm X 7 m per roll www . cole-and-son . com
Jean Tijou , French master blacksmith and designer , was commissioned by William III to create a dozen elaborate iron screens for the gardens at Hampton Court Palace . These flamboyant gilded screens with scrolling acanthus leaves became a magnificent backdrop to the grandeur and opulence of the Privy Garden , the King ’ s private riverside garden , where they still stand today . Painstakingly hand-drawn and hand-painted , Tijou Gate is a wonderfully ornamented panel design of ironwork and florals in bloom .
Taken from the Flemish tradition of vast tapestry-weaving , Verdure Tapestry is inspired by a 17th century work which is currently displayed within the King ’ s Presence Chamber of Kensington Palace . Its verdant , pictorial scene pays homage to the richly woven , intricate tapestries that were known as ‘ the mobile frescoes of the North ’. These impressive pieces of woven art were a canvas for master weavers ’ imaginations , each landscape lavish in fanciful trees and foliage , without the traditional perspective constraints of figurative or narrative tapestries . Translated here by Cole & Son into a sumptuous panel scene , Verdure Tapestry is full of life with its abundance of rich flora and fauna .
HRP , Great Masters , Verdure Tapestry 118 / 17038 by Cole & Son
Colour : Viridian , Teal , Ink & Chartreuse Dimension : 52,5 cm X 14 m per roll www . cole-and-son . com www . cole-and-son . com