FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, AFTER MICHELLE CORNEILLE DEPICTING 'LES JEUX D'ENFANTS'

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A Louis XIV Aubusson Pastoral Tapestry
FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY, AFTER MICHELLE CORNEILLE DEPICTING 'LES JEUX D'ENFANTS'
Woven in wools and silks with an extensive landscape with children playing in the foreground, in a frame border
260 cm. high x 502 cm. wide

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Lot Essay

This tapestry series was first woven at the Gobelins workshops after designs by Michelle Corneille (d. 1664). It is believed that Evrard Jabach, an art collector, commissioned the Marche workshops in Aubusson and Felletin to copy the series. The Musee du Petit Palais, Paris has two tapestries from this series, depicting La Danse and Le Saute-Mouton, that are signed by the ateliers of Vallenet and Maingonnat, respectively.

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