17th-18th Century European Wool Tapestry Fragment: Throned Man in Cape with Giant Quill Pen?! paper thin stencils losses as documented

losses as documented

A bit underexposed

which I believe it was constructed around

appears unsigned

I believe for wearing it on a chatelaine

17th-18th Century European Wool Tapestry Fragment: Throned Man in Cape with Giant Quill Pen?! paper thin stencils losses as documentedI purchased this one from a dealer in Maine who always has wonderful things from all over the world, including lots of beautiful old textiles. Based on others I have looked at, I believe this wool tapestry fragment is most likely French or Flemish, dating to either the later 17th or early 18th century. In addition to just loving things this old, perhaps textiles most of all carrying the presence of time and labor and the hand so intimately across