wo tapestries, woven with two versions of Joseph's Dream, each woven with a young man, one resting with a staff, the other lying down in a harvest landscape, both with night skies, within a border of flowers, acanthus leaves and busts, each signed Mr[manufacture] dAub[usson] , the former also indistinctly signedAne [aine] Grel[let], with 18th century lining (repairs) --64in x 102in., 52in x 102in., Aubusson, late 17th century

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wo tapestries, woven with two versions of Joseph's Dream, each woven with a young man, one resting with a staff, the other lying down in a harvest landscape, both with night skies, within a border of flowers, acanthus leaves and busts, each signed Mr[manufacture] dAub[usson] , the former also indistinctly signedAne [aine] Grel[let], with 18th century lining (repairs) --64in x 102in., 52in x 102in., Aubusson, late 17th century

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Provenance

W.G.Lowndes, Esq., Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Isle of Harris, sold Sotheby's, February 22nd. 1963, lot 30

Lot Essay

There are three other known tapestries of this subject also signed Grellet, with different borders. Ane. probably refers to the elder of a large tapestry weaving family, as Antoine Grellet was 18th century.

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