FELLETIN, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH VERDURE TAPESTRY
FELLETIN, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting various birds including a heron in a wooded landscape with a river and a town beyond, within a border of ribbon-tied foliage, decorated to the upper corners with crowned cartouche-shaped coat-of-arms, and a beige and blue outer slip, signed in lower slip 'M.R.DE.FELETIN', the blue slip replaced to top and sides, areas of reweaving
9 ft. 1 in. x 12 ft. 5 in. (277 cm. x 378 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Related Felletin verdure tapestries bearing the inscriptions M.R.DE.FELETIN BANDI… and M.R.DE.FELETIN.A.DURAN were sold at Christie's, London, 15 December 1994, lot 310, and 26 November 1996, lot 235, respectively.

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