A LILLE BAROQUE PASTORAL TAPESTRY

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A LILLE BAROQUE PASTORAL TAPESTRY
MID-18TH CENTURY, BY THE WIDOW OF GUILLAUME WERNIERS

Centrally woven with a dog approaching two cranes within a landscape, with a chateau and fountains in the distance, signed 'LA VEUVE DE G. WERNIERS L. F.' and a fleur-de-lys in a scarlet shield, within ribbon and acanthus borders--8ft. 11in. x 8ft. 3in. (2m. 67cm. x 2m. 47cm.)

The Widow of Guillaume Werniers, recorded as working in Lille 1738-1778

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The Widow of Werniers was the daughter of Jan de Melter (recorded as working in Lille 1688-1698), one of the great tapestry makers of Lille. She married Guillaume Wernier in 1733 and continued the family tradition after his death in 1738.