A LOUIS XVI AUBUSSON MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY

CIRCA 1780

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A LOUIS XVI AUBUSSON MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY
Circa 1780
With central medallion depicting an allegory of Spring with her handmaidens carrying flower-filled baskets in a landscape with Mercury descending from above, within a laurel surround on a trellis pattern ground applied with floral sprays, the borders folded under, the outer borders with musical trophies
98in. (249cm.) high, 115in. (292cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Alentour tapestries of this design were first designed by Jean Germain Soufflot (d.1780), Franois Boucher (1703-70) and Maurice Jacques (d.1784) for the Royal Gobelins Tapestry Manufacture between 1757 and 1767. The idea was then copied by Aubusson for alentours depicting the fables of La Fontaine and later incorporating scenes designed by Jean-Baptiste Huet (d. 1811), which were woven between 1775 and 1790.

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