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https://www.decorativecollective.com/dealers/lorfords-antiquesAn early 18th Century Flemish tapestry woven in Lille by Guillaume Werniers. The flower vendor and his young assistants offer their flowers to the local nobility, the background of a tree lined street is typical of Lille weaving, the boarder has been designed to represent a carved frame. Werniers married the daughter of the Lille weaving mills in 1700. This is typical of his early work and he ran the mills until his death in 1738. Circa 1700.