Lot 238
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A composite armorial tapestry frieze, woven with groups of military trophies interspersed with a variety of flowers including full-blown roses, tulips and carnations, the centre woven with a coat-of-arms surmounted with a coronet and flanked by a pair of lions, each end woven with putti sounding bugles amidst foliate scrolls--211 x 20½in. (536 x 52cm), French, late 17th/early 18th century, the coat-of-arms added later, with later maroon outer slip, areas of wear and re-weaving, joined
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A composite armorial tapestry frieze, woven with groups of military trophies interspersed with a variety of flowers including full-blown roses, tulips and carnations, the centre woven with a coat-of-arms surmounted with a coronet and flanked by a pair of lions, each end woven with putti sounding bugles amidst foliate scrolls--211 x 20½in. (536 x 52cm), French, late 17th/early 18th century, the coat-of-arms added later, with later maroon outer slip, areas of wear and re-weaving, joined

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A composite armorial tapestry frieze, woven with groups of military trophies interspersed with a variety of flowers including full-blown roses, tulips and carnations, the centre woven with a coat-of-arms surmounted with a coronet and flanked by a pair of lions, each end woven with putti sounding bugles amidst foliate scrolls--211 x 20½in. (536 x 52cm), French, late 17th/early 18th century, the coat-of-arms added later, with later maroon outer slip, areas of wear and re-weaving, joined
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