Game of Bowls

French

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Game of Bowls

late 17th or early 18th century

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French

French

Overall: 119 1/2 × 189 1/4 inches (303.5 cm × 4 m 80.7 cm)

Tapestries

European Sculpture and Dec Arts

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher

52.311

This work is in the public domain.

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Provenance

Mr. Alfred J. Fisher [1892–1963] and Mrs. Alma Cripps Fisher [1895–1992] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1952-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Asselberghs, J.-P. Les Tapisseries Flamandes aux Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Brussels, 1974, p. 25.

Woven Splendor: Five Centuries of European Tapestry at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, July-September 1996, checklist, p. 75.

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French, Game of Bowls, late 17th or early 18th century. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Fisher, 52.311.

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