Lot Essay
A tapestry with the same youth skipping and with a seated figure with bow and quiver was sold anonymously at Christie's New York, 16 September 1992, lot 264
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN AUBUSSON TAPESTRY
Details
AN AUBUSSON TAPESTRY
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a child with a skipping-rope and a man preparing his bow in front of a farmhouse, within a wooded landscape overlooking a valley and with various birds, within a fruiting foliate border and a blue outer slip, re-weaving
113in. x 140½in. (287cm. x 383cm.)
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a child with a skipping-rope and a man preparing his bow in front of a farmhouse, within a wooded landscape overlooking a valley and with various birds, within a fruiting foliate border and a blue outer slip, re-weaving
113in. x 140½in. (287cm. x 383cm.)