Tapestry - Watermill

A watermill sits at the heart of this tapestry, half hidden among the trees along a slow green river, a château tower rising in the blue hills beyond. Found in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon and dating to the early 20th century, this verdure weaves a landscape of deep foliage and far-off country inside a leafy border. The verdure is one of the oldest subjects in European tapestry, a whole green world brought indoors to cover a wall, and this one carries that tradition into the 20th century. Sylvie hangs it on the wall above a bedl, where its forest opens up the room like a window onto somewhere else.

Minor variations from the images may occur unless otherwise noted. All sales are final.