Two cushions covered with panels of Aubusson tapestry woven in coloured wools and silks, one applied with an oval panel woven with a cockrel and hen within an ivory border, within a frame of roses and other stylised flowers and pale green outer border, the other similar, woven with a hunting wolf--18 x 20in. (45 x 50cm.) and 19 x 17in. (48 x 43cm.), the tapestry panels probably late 18th century, restorations

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Two cushions covered with panels of Aubusson tapestry woven in coloured wools and silks, one applied with an oval panel woven with a cockrel and hen within an ivory border, within a frame of roses and other stylised flowers and pale green outer border, the other similar, woven with a hunting wolf--18 x 20in. (45 x 50cm.) and 19 x 17in. (48 x 43cm.), the tapestry panels probably late 18th century, restorations
See Front Cover Illustration of the first cushion
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