AUBUSSON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH ARMORIAL TAPESTRY
AUBUSSON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting an armorial device of the Vincent family with a shield surmounted by a coronet and a knight's armour with an anchor, flanked by rearing lions, and hung with chains of orders, on an olive green ground with an oak leaf border with a sand and blue outer slip
9 ft. 10 in. (300 cm.) high; 6 ft. 1 in. (184 cm.) wide

Provenance

The Vincent Family.
Christie's, London, 2 April 1998, lot 211.

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Lot Essay

The arms on this tapestry are those of the Vincent family, who were ennobled by Henri, Duke of Lorraine, in 1615. The orders hung around main arms are those of Leopold of Austria, founded in 1808, the military order of Maria-Theresa, created in 1758, and a further order for military exploits created in the first third of the 19th Century.

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