Justitia (Justice) from Los Honores

1525/32

Presumably after a design by Bernard van Orley (Netherlandish, c. 1492-1542) and unidentified artists Possibly produced at the workshop of Pieter van Aelst (c. 1450–1533; top left corner); produced at an unknown workshop (remaining sections) Brussels (top left corner and center of lower section); Belgium or France, 1905/08 (remaining sections)

Brussels

Wool and silk, slit and dovetailed tapestry weave Warp: Count: 6 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–0.7 mm Weft: Count: varies from 16 to 38 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun elements and a single Z-spun element; diameters: 0.4–1.5 mm; silk: S-ply of two Z-twisted elements (may be replacement wefts); diameters: 0.4–1.0 mm; wool and silk; paired yarns of S-ply of two Z-spun wool elements and S-ply of two Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 1.0–1.4 mm. Three-quarters of piece rewoven