Lot 164
164
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FRENCH VERDURE TAPESTRY woven in wools and silks with the discovery of the infant Moses, the Pharoah's daughter richly robed and accompanied by a page, a huntsman and two hounds, the possibly associated floral borders divided by later slips and inset with an associated coat-of-arms, late 17th early 18th Century, reduced, possibly Felletin

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A FRENCH VERDURE TAPESTRY woven in wools and silks with the discovery of the infant Moses, the Pharoah's daughter richly robed and accompanied by a page, a huntsman and two hounds, the possibly associated floral borders divided by later slips and inset with an associated coat-of-arms, late 17th early 18th Century, reduced, possibly Felletin
8ft. x 13ft. (274cm. x 396cm.)

Lot Essay

The arms are probably those of Pannier d'Orgeville of Lyon (see J.B. Rietstap, Armorial Général, Vol. II, p.382), although the colours on the arms are incorrect as it is not permitted in Heraldry to put Or on Argent

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