Lot Essay
The tapestry, signifying 'peace and plenty' with a floral abundance overflowing from its Roman krater-vase onto a marble-topped pedestal, relates to paintings by Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (d.1699) and corresponds to the overmantel vignettes after the Louis XIV manner issued in the Nouveaux Livre de Tableaux de portes et Cheminée circa 1700 by King William III's 'Architect' Daniel Marot (d. 1752). Similar firescreen panels, possibly designed by the flower-painter Tobias Stranover (d. 1756) featured in the 1729 sale of stock of Joshua Morris, whose Frith Steet tapestry workshops had been established in 1720.
What would appear to be the pair to this screen, is illustrated in J. de Serre, 'Eighteenth Century Furniture', Country Life, 1 November 1924.
What would appear to be the pair to this screen, is illustrated in J. de Serre, 'Eighteenth Century Furniture', Country Life, 1 November 1924.