128 DERBYSHIRE TAPESTRY. 



its two long sides and on one of its ends, the other end being 

 panelled in wood. 



The tapestry is above a panelled dado of 3 feet 6 inches, and 

 extends to the cornice, a width of 5 feet 9 inches. 



The texture is coarse, and the colours are only white and green, 

 passing through many shades to almost black. 



The subjects are wooded scenes, in some parts wild, in others 

 garden-like, with trees planted in alleys, a pool with ducks, etc. 



In the foreground the bushes, reeds, and other plants have 

 grotesquely large leaves ; but there is a fair gradation in perspec- 

 tive to a distant background. 



A peasant wayfarer and other figures in movement are in the 

 mid distance. 



On the two sides of the room the tapestry has borders 16 inches 

 wide, of a bold scroll pattern, with fruit and flowers sewn on to 

 the bottom and sides (but not the top) of the main pieces. At 

 the end of the room the tapestry has no border. 



From there being panelling below, but not behind the tapestry, 

 I infer that the hangings were placed in the room when it was 

 constructed, about 17 10. I believe it is a Flemish fabric. 



Room No. 13 (18 feet long and 16 feet wide) is panelled 

 throughout. Parts of its walls carry two large pictures of tapestry 

 of fine texture, stretched on narrow black wooden frames. Each 

 picture has its own narrow worked border, and each is worked in 

 several colours. 



The larger picture is 7 feet high, and 15 feet 2 inches long. 



Rebecca, a majestic figure, nearly life-size, draped from her 

 neck in an over vestment fringed with gold, and a blue and white 

 under vestment, and wearing sandals laced high with jewels, and 

 a jewelled head-dress, is holding on her waist, in a tilted position, 

 a richly chased and embossed flagon, with an elaborate handle 

 and shapely mouth, from which Eleazar is drinking in a stooping 

 posture. He is bareheaded, but armoured to his knees, and 

 wearing a sword somewhat like an ancient Roman soldier ; he 

 wears elaborate buskins, and a red mantle falls from his shoulders. 

 Rebecca is attended by four females, bare to the waist, and 



