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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 4291612, member: 5170&quot;]Ha ha!</p><p><br /></p><p>There is a hard wood surface underneath; the tapestry is solidly affixed to it, presumably by glue, though it&#039;s hard to believe that it has never come loose over the past 100+ years. So it seems. The fabric is clearly shaped to match the walnut burled border, but there is no channel between the two. It was carefully made to match the shape.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are a few loose threads on the edges, but I am not able to pull at it enough to check the back, nor do I want to. I&#039;m not enough of tapestry expert to know if it&#039;s handmade or not. I can tell you that up close the shapes look more &quot;square,&quot; like needlepoint.</p><p><br /></p><p>So we&#039;re left wondering if there was another tapestry here before this one? The table is clearly Rococo Revival ca. mid-19th century, and I doubt if there was a regular finished table surface that was exposed for the early part of the table&#039;s existence, then covered up with a tapestry ca. 1900. Yet it doesn&#039;t seem that there was ever anything else but a tapestry there. </p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps you&#039;re right, Debora, and it&#039;s an idealized classical image with classical clothing independent of the 19th century. Don&#039;t know.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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