This provincial Italian landscape features a wide river gently cascading over rocks and continuing its journey through tranquil countryside. This genre of landscapes was popular with the aristocracy in the mid-eighteenth Century. The scene is framed by an acanthus leaf scroll border. This beautiful tapestry is woven on a jacquard loom by skilled weavers, keeping alive the centuries old tradition of tapestry manufacturing from generation to generation. This tapestry is fully lined incorporating a sleeve along the top for hanging with a Hines hanging rod. Alternatively, this tapestry can be hung with a wooden batten which is a concealed method of hanging. Composition: 95% cotton, 5% polyester Finish on reverse: This tapestry is fully backed with luxury cotton lining incorporating a sleeve along the top for hanging purposes.