Lot Essay
A tapestry by François Grellet with identical border and very similar subject is illustrated in D. and P. Chevalier and P.- F. Bertrand, Les Tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin, Paris, 1988, p. 122.
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BY FRANCOIS GRELLET, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
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AN AUBUSSON VERDURE TAPESTRY
BY FRANCOIS GRELLET, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a crane and another bird in a wooded landscape with a river, in the background a village and mountains, within a floral-trellis and ribbon-wrapped foliate column border with acanthus corner-clasps, with blue outer slip, with the weaver's mark 'M.R.DAVBVSSON.F.GRELLET'
109 ½ in. (278 cm.) high; 86 ½ in. (220 cm.) wide
BY FRANCOIS GRELLET, SECOND HALF 18TH CENTURY
Woven in wools and silks, depicting a crane and another bird in a wooded landscape with a river, in the background a village and mountains, within a floral-trellis and ribbon-wrapped foliate column border with acanthus corner-clasps, with blue outer slip, with the weaver's mark 'M.R.DAVBVSSON.F.GRELLET'
109 ½ in. (278 cm.) high; 86 ½ in. (220 cm.) wide
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A tapestry by François Grellet with identical border and very similar subject is illustrated in D. and P. Chevalier and P.- F. Bertrand, Les Tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin, Paris, 1988, p. 122.