AN AUBUSSON VERDURE TAPESTRY

FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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AN AUBUSSON VERDURE TAPESTRY
First half 18th Century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a garden landscape with a dog chasing a boar, with birds resting in trees and with a pagoda landscape in the distance, within a floral garlanded striped border and blue outer slip, re-weaving and patching
107in. x 127½in. (272cm. x 324cm.)

Lot Essay

The subject of this tapestry is inspired by the grand Chinese gardens, so popular in France and England in the 18th Century. It is in part based on designs by Jean Pillement (d. 1808), appointed painter to Queen Marie-Antoinette and who published a group of prints from his paintings in 1767. Included in the 130 prints were several in the Chinoiserie taste.

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