[Sidenote:
_Wool and Silk._
H. 11 _ft._ 6 _in._
W. 8 _ft._ 3 _in._
]
JULY FROM THE "MONTHS" OF LUCAS: _From a series of designs of the
Months, used in Brussels since the XVth century and attributed without
verification to Lucas Van Leyden. The scene represents a falconing party._
[Illustration:
_Scene from the History of Cleopatra_ No. 39
]
[Illustration:
_Verdure_ No. 41
]
The piece has the last type of border used for the set, the so-called
Dresden border, representing a carved and gilded wood frame with corner
ornaments surrounded by naturalistic flowers, and with a sign of the
Zodiac (Leo) in a cartouche at the top.
[Sidenote: Lent by _P. W. French & Company_.]
The piece was probably woven in the tenth weaving between 1741 and 1751 on
the upright looms in the atelier of Cozette.[29]
This is an unusually clear and brilliant example of a famous Gobelins set.
[Sidenote: 58]