A LOUIS XIV AUBUSSON VERDURE TAPESTRY

A LOUIS XIV AUBUSSON VERDURE TAPESTRY
Woven in wools, depicting a river landscape with a small waterfall, the right foreground with two ducks before reeds and to the left with a large spray of poppies, within a lightly wooded landscape with two birds flying, the background with a large palatial building, within a lappeted border with foliate cartouches to the edges and within an orange and blue outer slip, the blue outer slip turned over and partially lacking, the main field reduced in width to each side and possibly in height to the top, areas of reweaving and patching
8 ft. 9 in. x 9 ft. 8 in. (271 cm. x 295 cm.)