138 DERBVSHIRT': TAPESTRY. 



2. — A warrior, wearing helmet and armour similar to the last, is 

 reclining on a chair. A lady with female attendants, one 

 carrying a dish of apples, seems anxious to commend the 

 fruit to the fatigued soldier, whilst he appears to prefer 

 a dish of prepared meat to which he points on a table 

 close by. 



3. — This hanging has four figures— a queen receiving a golden 

 vase or goblet, followed by two female attendants, one of 

 whom is weeping. The goblet is given to the queen by 

 a man with no distinctive dress beyond the decorations of 

 animals' heads similar to those in the other^ hangings. 

 The figures are all boldly executed, and almost life-size.* 



lEpm IbaU. 



One of the rooms of Eyam Hall is lined with tapestry, which, 

 from its contracted and mutilated condition, has evidently adorned 

 a more spacious apartment. Here are three or four panels, how- 

 ever, worthy of notice. 



The first has a group of figures standing, with a female serving 

 a plate of fruit. The colouring is very rich ; the dresses exceed- 

 ingly handsome; the ermine, chains, and other ornaments, in- 

 cluding the feathers in the head-dresses, are all delicately worked, 

 and the figures well drawn and proportionate. This hanging is 

 five feet in width, and from the character of the costumes is 

 thought to be a somewhat early example. 



The second panel has a background of foliage and buildings. 

 Three figures in short tunics are blowing horns In the fore- 

 ground we have a coronation ; a venerable looking man with a 

 flowing beard and long Oriental habit is placing a crown of leaves 

 on the head of a figure in a kneeling attitude. His dress consists 

 of a short tunic, over which is a short cloak or cape secured on 

 one shoulder with a morse. The scene is apparently intended to 

 represent the coronation of Jehu, with the announcement on the 



* From communications by the Rev. J. E. Andrew, of Deiwent. 



