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FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
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AN AUBUSSON PASTORAL TAPESTRY
First half 18th century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a fête champêtre with ladies and gentlemen seated playing music at the centre, a perfume seller by a fountain within a forest landscape with ruined classical buildings beyond, enclosed by a brown floral and foliate border, possibly reduced in size, the left-hand border rewoven, the right-hand side with a repaired cut
8 ft. 9 in x 10 ft. 7 in. (266 cm. x 323 cm.)
First half 18th century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a fête champêtre with ladies and gentlemen seated playing music at the centre, a perfume seller by a fountain within a forest landscape with ruined classical buildings beyond, enclosed by a brown floral and foliate border, possibly reduced in size, the left-hand border rewoven, the right-hand side with a repaired cut
8 ft. 9 in x 10 ft. 7 in. (266 cm. x 323 cm.)