Lot Essay
A further similar but much wider panel from the collection of Evalyn Walsh McLean, Washington, DC, was sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 13-14 November 1959, lot 344.
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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTOR (LOT 243)
A FRENCH GROTESQUE TAPESTRY
BEAUVAIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Details
A FRENCH GROTESQUE TAPESTRY
BEAUVAIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Woven in silks and wools, the central medallion with a seated goddess above two griffins and a plaque with horseback riders, the top with a shield with a rabbit, conflanked with floral scrolls
7 ft. 10 in. (234 cm.) high, 7 ft. 1 in. (216 cm.) wide
BEAUVAIS, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Woven in silks and wools, the central medallion with a seated goddess above two griffins and a plaque with horseback riders, the top with a shield with a rabbit, conflanked with floral scrolls
7 ft. 10 in. (234 cm.) high, 7 ft. 1 in. (216 cm.) wide
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 11 May 1946, lot 171 (en suite with lots 169-170 and 172).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 April, 1987, lot 332 (en suite with lots 331 and 333-334).
Acquired from Vojtech Blau, New York, 1995.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 11 April, 1987, lot 332 (en suite with lots 331 and 333-334).
Acquired from Vojtech Blau, New York, 1995.
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