17th-18th Century European Wool Tapestry Fragment: Throned Man in Cape with Giant Quill Pen?! old handmade box frame with the effect almost like

with the effect almost like a stained glass window

and certainly he's got enough personality to be the protagonist in a finger puppet drama

One could pretty readily trim it along the left edge in order to frame the cover next to the inside text

and ultimately settled at Amana

Sight: 14" x 10"

17th-18th Century European Wool Tapestry Fragment: Throned Man in Cape with Giant Quill Pen?! old handmade box frame with the effect almost likeI purchased this one from a dealer in Maine who always has wonderful things from all over the world, including lots of beautiful old textiles. Based on others I have looked at, I believe this wool tapestry fragment is most likely French or Flemish, dating to either the later 17th or early 18th century. In addition to just loving things this old, perhaps textiles most of all carrying the presence of time and labor and the hand so intimately across