Lot Essay
A set of three tapestries of the same design, with different objects on the central plinth, was sold anonymously in these Rooms, 23 November 1989, lot 184
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A LOUIS XVI BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY, woven in silks and wools on an ivory ground with a central plinth supported by two putti and with artists' instruments and a bust, flanked by foliate acanthus-scrolls below an urn and further scrolls and a tasselled canopy hung from cornucopiae and flanked by birds
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A LOUIS XVI BEAUVAIS TAPESTRY, woven in silks and wools on an ivory ground with a central plinth supported by two putti and with artists' instruments and a bust, flanked by foliate acanthus-scrolls below an urn and further scrolls and a tasselled canopy hung from cornucopiae and flanked by birds
96 x 72in. (244 x 183cm.)
96 x 72in. (244 x 183cm.)