A LOUIS XIV PASTORAL TAPESTRY
LILLE, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Woven in silks and wools, depicting a scene from 'Les Enfants Jardinières' with three boys in a wooded landscape collecting fruit, formal gardens and a classical building beyond, within a simulated picture frame border with scrolling acanthus and the corners with stylised shell clasps
9 ft. 11 in. x 12 ft. 8 in. (302 cm. x 386 cm.)