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SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BEAUVAIS, AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE HUET, PREVIOUSLY CHAIR-BACK COVERS
Details
A PAIR OF FRENCH PASTORAL TAPESTRY PANELS
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BEAUVAIS, AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE HUET, PREVIOUSLY CHAIR-BACK COVERS
Woven in silk and wool, one depicting a girl next to a hen on a nest and before various vessels and a ruined landscape, the other of a boy surrounded by fruit, a guitar and before a boat, both before an open landscape, within later giltwood frames, limited areas of re-weaving
27 in. (69 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; including frame (2)
SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY, PROBABLY BEAUVAIS, AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE HUET, PREVIOUSLY CHAIR-BACK COVERS
Woven in silk and wool, one depicting a girl next to a hen on a nest and before various vessels and a ruined landscape, the other of a boy surrounded by fruit, a guitar and before a boat, both before an open landscape, within later giltwood frames, limited areas of re-weaving
27 in. (69 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; including frame (2)
Provenance
Mary Clark Thompson, sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 8 March 1947, lot 182.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.