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A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ALLEGORICAL TAPESTRIES
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A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ALLEGORICAL TAPESTRIES

PROBABLY AUBUSSON, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LOUIS XIV ALLEGORICAL TAPESTRIES
PROBABLY AUBUSSON, FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting 'Summer' and 'Autumn' respectively, from the series 'The Seasons', with Ceres on her chariot with attendants and Bacchus seated on a barrell respectively, the outer guards borders later
7 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 10 in. (224 cm. x 178 cm.); 7 ft. 4 in. x 6 ft. (224 cm. x 183 cm.)
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.

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Lot Essay

A set of four tapestries from the series of The Seasons in the Conseil National de Monaco is illustrated in D.+P. Chevalier and P.-F. Bertrand, Les Tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin, Paris, 1988, pp. 76-77.

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