The Iris Greenery
The original tapestry which was woven
in Enghien, Flanders (Modern day Belgium) in the 17th century.
It can be viewed by today's visitors to Europe at the Royal Museum
for Art and History in Brussels, Belgium. The tapestry is decorated
with bearded iris flowers, blue daisies, and intertwined aristolochia
leaves. Each corner of the border and the bottom center contains
a fair-haired maiden seated on a cluster of pomegranates ( the
sign of fertility).
This was popular motif in the 1700's. Also, although very difficult
to notice on this "small digital photo", is the weaver's
initials and town designation, ("the weaving mark")
showing down on the lower right hand edge of this tapestry. In
1544, Charles V, The Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, decreed
that "the weaving mark" of each weaver's city and the
monogram of the weaver himself be woven into the bottom right
salvage side of all Flemish tapestries.
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