Lot Essay
Said to have been made for the Palace of Catherine II of Russia. See catalogue number 19, "Soieries de Lyon, Commandes Royales au XVIIIe S. (1730-1800)", 1988-9.
Details
"Aux Colombes", a joined length of crimson satin designed by Philip de Lasalle brocaded in coloured silks with baskets of roses, convolulous and other flowers linked by ribbons to a garland of flowers on which perch a pair of doves--54 x 270cm., circa 1773, Lyon; and two matching fragments