A LOUIS XVI AUBUSSON PASTORAL TAPESTRY

CIRCA 1780

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A LOUIS XVI AUBUSSON PASTORAL TAPESTRY
Circa 1780
The central oval medallion depicting peasants with a donkey by a seascape, with a ship in the distance, all within a ribbon-tied frame surrounded by floral garlands and a foliate border
104in. high, 75in. wide (246.25cm. x 190.5cm.)

拍品專文

Alentour tapestries of this design were first designed by Jean Germain Soufflot (d.1780), Franois Boucher (1703-70) and Maurice Jacques (d. 1748) for the Royal Gobelins Manufactory 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.
A related tapestry sold in these Rooms, 18 November 1999, lot 573.