Please see the detailed description of the provenance of this lot in the pre-text of lot 168.

A LOUIS XVI BEAUVAIS PASTORAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT

THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Details

A LOUIS XVI BEAUVAIS PASTORAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
Third quarter 18th Century
Woven in wools and silks, depicting to the centre a gentleman lifting a maiden off a donkey flanked to the left by a further maiden and a dog, the background with a cottage and a ruined building, framed by a florally-wrapped column to each side suspending floral garlands and a musical trophy, lacking borders, minor reweaving and patching, stencilled to the reverse '30249', possibly Aubusson
90 in. x 81 in. (229 cm. x 206 cm.)

Lot Essay

A pastoral tapestry depicting the same scene in reverse and under blue draperies is illustrated in W.G. Thomson, A History of Tapestry, Wakefield, 1973, opposite p. 464, while a design for the florally wrapped columns with landscape views is illustrated in J. Guiffrey, Histoire de La Tapisserie, Tours, 1886, p. 29.

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