Tapestry Depicting Scenes from Country Life

This tapestry belongs to a group known as the Country Life tapestries. As the name indicates, the subjects depict life among the nobility and the rural working classes. Included in the scenes are: a noble couple, accompanied by their servants, strolling in the country on their way to a hunt, a man holding a falcon, and peasants shearing sheep and picking grapes. The composition is two-dimensional with the figures placed above each other to suggest depth, some turned at angles to offer the most interesting profile or silhouette. Tapestries of this moderate size were usually woven in sets, and used to divide large halls into smaller sections or chambers.