The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-04
ANCIENT TEXTILES
SHOWN AT MUSEUM
Tapestries Willed by Mr.. +.
NJ. Gillespie on View for
First Time.
SIAMESE BRONZES SET Up

An important group OF an~.or. 'sras.
tries Is included among the recent a.e.s.
sions that the Metropolitan Museum -
Art placed upon public view yee,e-sav
afternoon. They came TO the nysa,-
by the terms OF the Will OF The late W.,
Robert Mem. Gillespie Of New yot1 AMI
Stamford. and they are % high,
esteemed by the authorities upon t,tes.
tries that the trustees OF the museum a.
their recent meeting agreed 90 rl,e.
Mrs. Gillespie's name permanently on
the list OF ~'benefactors."
Eight tapestries are In tle bsgues.
six Of which have been hung 10 TIE roon
OF recent ACQUISITIONS, on tho ars. Hro-,
and two In the main entrtn g hai. on .hs
Fifth avenue side. 4 PASTE portal, n.
the donor. ty the late = We t"sr-.
ney. has been lent 70 the gat'arv o.
month by Mr. Gillespie.
Three OF the weav.ngs are Goth arl
one is a most unusual tapestry ~ ~,
late fifteenth century, made. r. IS .a.
lieved. upon a Rhenish loom. The sua-
ject II the Alteration Of the Mig" =,
SIX sacred p~ersouaEes h-.ug shown
against an Ornamental background r..
two shades of blue. suggesting hH,!. =
clouds starred with small ,r,~,,rts "a
white. the eject Approximate 49,.
found In me earliest eNtmr'ss - Emo.
pean tapestry known to exist ~rs
tapestry IL first recorded as h..rc tt-,
OF the collection OF Nine. Ieiors ~ f,-,
and later as belonging 70 Henry W
Poor. who Is said 10 have obtained
upon tire advice OF the late S:tnto-I
White.
grA- - ~ 49, - 80.
lespie collection Is OF Flemish maru,ae.
ture. dating from the first half Of IT,
seventeenth century. and r. one -
series OF twelve illustrating the morth.
The border Is broken AZ the top hy
and OF cloris in which IS a device %
Diana in a chariot drawn ~ rymp,s. afi
the sign Of Cancer mon the ch4-'.
wheel indicates that the design rep-4.
sen-s the onth OF June
The man subject OF this ancestry ,
fishing scene. win lightly clad men 90
midstream handling net an other fsi
ing paraphernal!a. The background ~
houses. hills and forests has a decoritlv.
interest Of no ommon o-isr.
The museum has also placed uno-
view a valuable addition 20 is cole p.
OF Renaissance emhro.dcries. a. da'~tt,
presented nv sir Charles and Lady Ma.
stein a London in memory ~ -" 's'A
Mr.. and Mrs. II. 7. EnstoIu Of New W
Lady Waldstein's parents, ~ is OF" >
q SGT OF four mass Vestr"uts ami rr-l
recently had been shown in the Sol'-
kensinCton Museum.
This dal'natic Is % rcd velvet. hlr.lot
with ealloor, and further decorated wa
panels OF ornament called %"appare.-
embroidered in the best s'vlc ot -
period with saints. The tradition .a--
nccted with these handsome Ne-.,r.-.a
j. that the" we're presented hv tl. o.
peror Charlie. V. TO the ,a'. -
Burgos. and they are certainly OF
epoch.
Two other imrortnr. art o. '--' ~
display are fifteenth cent?. : .a
hronzes. which came from N..r-
in THE north OF Siam. vi. ..
stood a temple tht has supp
sculpture To European and g.
museums. one IS a head II %
large and ~forcofully modelled 2
Is smaller, but q complete NcIr e.
knees and ~ more delicate v.-
ship.