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Devonshire Hunting Series
The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries are believed to have been made between 1430-1450, in Arras, France. The V&A acquired these tapestries from the estate of the Duke of Devonshire.
They are typical of tapestries of the Middle Ages, though very few tapestries of this scale and quality of design have survived. It is thought that these tapestries belonged to the celebrated Countess of Shrewsbury, known as “Bess of Hardwick” and were probably from Hardwick Hall, one of her houses in Derbyshire.
The hunt was a particularly powerful theme and would have been a familiar pastime as well as an important source of food to the families who owned such tapestries. Henry VIII was known to have owned over 200 tapestries illustrating hawking and hunting scenes.
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