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AUBUSSON TAPESTRY DESIGNS (LOTS 398-418)
Tapestry manufacture at Aubusson, in the Limosin region of France, developed from small family workshops recorded in documents from the 16th century. These numerous workshops were granted the title 'Manufacture Royale des Tapisseries d'Aubusson' by Louis XIV in July 1665, and manufacture continued until the end of the 19th century.
The tapestries depended on full-scale cartoons draw up by highly skilled painters which were then implemented by the dyers and weavers into wall-hangings, sofa backs and seat backs. Designs typically included a background of verdure; flowers, figures and animals, and drew inspiration from the Bible, mythology and literature.
French School, 19th Century
Two Aubusson designs of two herons in a river landscape before a castle and tropical birds in foliage (one illustrated)
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French School, 19th Century
Two Aubusson designs of two herons in a river landscape before a castle and tropical birds in foliage (one illustrated)
bodycolour, on paper, one backed onto linen, unframed
67 x 78 in. (170.2 x 198.2 cm.) (2)
Two Aubusson designs of two herons in a river landscape before a castle and tropical birds in foliage (one illustrated)
bodycolour, on paper, one backed onto linen, unframed
67 x 78 in. (170.2 x 198.2 cm.) (2)
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