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Lot Essay
Research in the last few years has revealed that many tapestries originally believed to have been woven in England in the 17th century were actually woven in Antwerp. This town with a large tapestry production appears to have focused on the large English market. Their success even lead several English weavers to copy the Flemish tapestries. One designer associated with the Ovid's Metamorphoses series which was particularly popular in England (about 100 English country houses are known to have had them) is Daniel Janssen (d. 1682) who also drew other tapestry series for Antwerp weavers, including for Michiel Wauters. Michiel's workshop lists no less than 26 different figurative tapestry sets of which either cartoons or completed examples were available, one set being entitled Metamorphoses.
H.C. Marillier lists one set of three subjects illustrating The Story of Diana and Acteon at Chilham Castle and a set of four that was previously at Messrs. Warings (English Tapestries of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1930, p. 85, cat. 8).
(G. Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry, Tielt, 1999, pp. 258, 263 - 264)
H.C. Marillier lists one set of three subjects illustrating The Story of Diana and Acteon at Chilham Castle and a set of four that was previously at Messrs. Warings (English Tapestries of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1930, p. 85, cat. 8).
(G. Delmarcel, Flemish Tapestry, Tielt, 1999, pp. 258, 263 - 264)