Lot Essay
This suite of Aubusson tapestries (lots 59-63) were purchased for the sitting room of the DuPont's New York apartment.
A SUITE OF FIVE LOUIS XV AUBUSSON TAPESTRIES
A LOUIS XV AUBUSSON TAPESTRY
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A LOUIS XV AUBUSSON TAPESTRY
MID-18TH CENTURY
Woven with scenes of elegantly clad courtiers playing "pick-a-back" within a garden, woven with the inscription 'M.R.D.F.G.' (lacking borders, areas of reweaving)-8ft. 8in. x 14ft. 8½in. (2m. 60cm. x 4m. 41cm.)
MID-18TH CENTURY
Woven with scenes of elegantly clad courtiers playing "pick-a-back" within a garden, woven with the inscription 'M.R.D.F.G.' (lacking borders, areas of reweaving)-8ft. 8in. x 14ft. 8½in. (2m. 60cm. x 4m. 41cm.)