Lot Essay
Once considered to be after designs by Jean Baptiste Pillement (1728-1808), D. Chevalier suggests that the design elements point to an earlier period. She illustrates a nearly identical example of the present lot (with different borders) in Les Tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin, Paris, 1988, p. 128. Other versions are in the collection of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Mobilier National, Paris.