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The Falkland tapestries (© Falkland Palace)
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© Falkland Palace

The Falkland tapestries

Artist: Flemish

Location: Falkland Palace

Date: 1600 - 1625

Materials: tapestry

Grant:

Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £10,000)

Vendor: A R Trotter

Review number: 2827 (1980)

Provenance:
On loan from the Trotter family of Morton Hall, hanging in the Chapel Royal of Falkland Palace.

Description:
An incomplete set of four scenes representing scenes from the story of Joseph: Joseph being cast into the well; Jacob shown Joseph's coat of many colours; Joseph's sliver cup discovered in Benjamin's sack of grain; Joseph reveals himself to his brothers in Egypt.

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