Lot 1315
1315
A FRENCH PASTORAL TAPESTRY DEPICTING 'LA CHASSE A L'ALOUETTE'
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A FRENCH PASTORAL TAPESTRY DEPICTING 'LA CHASSE A L'ALOUETTE'

PARIS, ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS DE LA PLANCHE AND MARC COMANS, CIRCA 1620-27

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A FRENCH PASTORAL TAPESTRY DEPICTING 'LA CHASSE A L'ALOUETTE'
PARIS, ATTRIBUTED TO FRANCOIS DE LA PLANCHE AND MARC COMANS, CIRCA 1620-27
Woven in polychrome wools and silks, the central field with a distinguished draped couple seated and looking at their attendant catching a bird in a net, within a forest landscape and a castle in the background, the border ornated with hunting trophies, ribbon-tied floral and fruited swags and strapwork shaped cartouches with birds in oval medallions to the angles
117 x 117 in. (297 x 297 cm.)
Provenance
Sotheby Parke Bernet, London, 24 February 1978, lot 10.
Cornette de St. Cyr, Paris, 14 February 1985, lot 43.
Special notice
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Lot Essay

The ateliers in the faubourg Saint-Marcel were established when Marc and Jérôme de Comans and François de la Planche formed an association in 1601, but François de la Planche and Marc Comans only received the Royal-decree in 1607. Upon the death of de la Planche in 1627 and the retirement of Marc Comans in 1628, their sons took over the workshop. The association only lasted until 1633 when Raphael de la Planche moved his own atelier in the faubourg Saint-Germain. Their workshops actually consisted of a number of smaller localities, all under the supervision of different Flemish weavers.

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