Chinese Tapestry Depicting Coat of Arms and Landscape

A coat of arms, two trumpeters, and a landscape that keeps its distance.

Chinese weavers made this wool tapestry in the 20th century, in the manner of European heraldic tapestries. Such wall hangings were commonly made to echo grand Baroque and Renaissance interiors. A crowned shield sits at the center, quartered in red and white, flanked by figures blowing long horns. Garlands, urns and curling foliage frame the scene, and a pale lake with distant hills fills the center. The palette is soft red, gold, blue and cream, in a dark border.

About 66 inches tall and 51 wide. It brings a bit of palace to a plain wall.