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A LOUIS XV AUBUSSON CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY
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A LOUIS XV AUBUSSON CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY

BY ANTOINE GRELLET, MID-18TH CENTURY

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A LOUIS XV AUBUSSON CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY
BY ANTOINE GRELLET, MID-18TH CENTURY
Depicting an exotic woodland landscape, with a peacock, a pair of cranes and a parrot perched in a palm tree, with a river beyond and distant rocky islands topped with pagodas and within a geometric lattice border, signed in the outer border ...SON. ANTOINE GRELLET, the border damaged and consequently turned underneath.
113in. (286cm.) high, 153in. (390cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

Antoine Grellet was a member of a large Aubusson weavers' dynasty that was active throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. His work is mentioned in an inventory of the shop of Pierre Mage, a Parisian merchant, in 1760.

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