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CT ES  January 11, 1927

Mrs. Stevenson Burke,
4811 Euclid Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio.

Dear Mrs. Burke,

We would like to call your attention to a very rare Gothic tapestry which we have just acquired.  It was woven towards the end of the 15th century and comes from the work shop of Arnold Poissonier, the famous weaver of Tournay, who made tapestries for the great collectors of the day, including King Henry the Eighth of England.

Documents show at Arnold Poissonier's death that there were seventeen tapestries of this type in his atelier, but as far as it is known, they have all disappeared with the exception of a fragment that is in the Kaiser Friedrich Museum in Magdeburg, and another piece that is in a well known New York collection.  According to the opinion of two of the best known experts on tapestries, this is the only intact one left of this entire group.

It measures 8'8" x 11'3" and is in perfect condition; the composition being that of a gypsy encampment.  It is exceptionally fine in color.

If you feel that you would be at all interested, we would be please to send you a photograph of it and full particulars, or if you are coming to New York shortly, we would be pleased to show it to you at any time you could conveniently call in here.

Very truly yours,

JACQUES SELIGMANN & CO., Inc.,

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