NINE FRAGMENTS OF A LOUIS XVI FRENCH VERDURE TAPESTRY
NINE FRAGMENTS OF A LOUIS XVI FRENCH VERDURE TAPESTRY

AUBUSSON, LATE 18TH CENTURY, AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY

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NINE FRAGMENTS OF A LOUIS XVI FRENCH VERDURE TAPESTRY
AUBUSSON, LATE 18TH CENTURY, AFTER JEAN-BAPTISTE OUDRY
Woven in silks and wools, from a scene depicting The Garden of Circe, with a leopard flanked by a wolf, boar and unicorn before architectural columns, other fragments with a fountain with a monkey
The largest fragment 7 ft. 3 in. (222 cm.) high, 5 ft. 4 in. (163 cm.) wide (9)
Provenance
with L. Bernheimer, Munich.
with Dalva Brothers, New York.
Literature
H. Göbel, Die Wanteppiche und ihre Manufakturen in Frankreich, Italien, Spanien und Portugal, Leipzig, 1928, vol. II, plate 274.

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