DERBYSHIRE TAPESTRY. II3 



It is very probable that the subject of our illustration (Plate V.), 

 representing the drawing a bear out of his den, formed part of 

 the hanging showing a bear torn with dogs, though the connecting 

 portions are now missing. The costume of one of these sports- 

 men, with the white turban and the long calico printed frock, 

 seems to mark the man as an Oriental. His companion with the 

 sword, from the style of his beard, may be a fellow countryman. 

 The leafy pendants attached to the sleeve of the latter are quaint 

 and effective. The dog in the foreground seizing the right paw 

 of the bear, is clothed in a close-fitting "waistcoat" buckled 

 down the back, the forelegs passing properly through the " arm- 

 holes." This covering is bordered with a rich needlework 

 trimming, composed of a series of perforated roundels within 

 a double-lined margin. The collar is attached to a head strap 

 by a series of ribbon bands. 



In the upper part of this hanging, above the cave are portions 

 of four figures — a male and three females, one of whom obviously, 

 from her costume, is a companion of the Orientals beneath. She 

 is represented kneeling immediately above the bear hole, scatter- 

 ing out of her lap something (perhaps food) obviously designed to 

 entice the animals from their lair. These fragments may be seen 

 above the den, and one has fallen upon the animal beneath. The 

 lady's head-dress, on the left, is a gorgeous e.xample of the top 

 gear of the reigns of our Henry V. and VI. The folds at the 

 back of it are part of the skirt of a kneeling lady above, wearing 

 the well-known butterfly head-dress of the period. 



Above the turbaned Saracen drawing the bear may be seen a 

 head in a stooping position, wearing a white hat something like 

 the summer " wide awake " of our own day. It is singularly 

 like the bell-shaped hats worn by the deer stealers of Cran- 

 bourne Chase a century ago, as depicted in the "Reliquary,'' 

 Vol. I., new series, p. 239. The belt of the swordsman is 

 set with projecting oval rings attached to the strap by one side 

 only. 



His side laced boot is the only one of the kind in these hang- 

 ings ; the others are fastened in front. 



