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A LOUIS XIV GOBELINS ARMORIAL TAPESTRY en suite with the preceding lot
From the Renommés series, woven in wools, silks and metal thread, centred by the arms of Colbert, with later blue outer slip, minor restorations, with handwritten label N3940 Höhe 2.96 Breite 215
116in. x 84¾in. (289.5cm. x 216cm.)
From the Renommés series, woven in wools, silks and metal thread, centred by the arms of Colbert, with later blue outer slip, minor restorations, with handwritten label N3940 Höhe 2.96 Breite 215
116in. x 84¾in. (289.5cm. x 216cm.)
Provenance
Almost certainly commissioned by Jean-Baptiste Colbert (d.1683), founder of the Gobelins manufactory, circa 1664