Lot 212: A rare Oberlausitz (Saxony) damask cloth with a view of Görlitz, Groß Schönauer Manufactory circa 1780

woven lustre linen white warp and red wefts, figured with a central view of the city of Görlitz with the church of the Holy Sepulchre and further churches (after their prototypes in Jerusalem) based on a print from 1734 by Johann Daniel de Montalegre (1697-1768), the corners depicting various castles on hillocky outcrops, linked along the sides by relief motifs of horse drawn carriages, now mounted on cream silk within a modern glazed frame,framed 104cm. high, 123cm. wide; textile visible (irregularly shaped) approximately 90cm. high, 109cm. wide