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Capestry at Haddon Hall. 
By H. A. Rye. 
RFAD BEFORE THE SOCIETY, MARCH 16TH, 1905. 
M first visit to the Haddon Tapestries showed me they were in 
a very bad state, but I was glad to see a start had been made 
by the late Duchess of Rutland with the suite of the “ Five Senses”; 
these had been sent to the Decorative Needlework Society, Sloane 
Street, London, but the cost was so great that the work had to be 
abandoned and was again at a standstill. Four out of the five 
wonderful pieces were shown on the screen. 
This piece, ‘‘Seeing,” in the centre medallion, a lady seated, 
regards herself in a glass or polished mirror, which she holds in her 
right hand; behind her is an eagle. Medallion in the left-hand 
border, Asop’s Fable, “The Wolf and the Crane.” Medallion in 
right hand border, “The Dog and the Wild Boar.” The size of this 
piece 17 feet 6 ins. x 11 feet 6 ins. 
Before we proceed, I would say that this suite is of Mortlake 
work. The manufactory was established by King James I in 1619. 
