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296 - AUBUSSON 18th century, c. 1730–40
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Estimate €3,000 - €4,000

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AUBUSSON 18th century, c. 1730–40 Greenery in a landscaped park with lush scenery, featuring a dog and birds Wool and silk tapestry Part of a series of landscapes featuring animals and birds, based on a cartoon attributed to the circle of Jean Joseph Dumons and probably Juillard, drawing on a repertoire of animal motifs inspired by Jean Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755), particularly on the right-hand side of the tapestry. Also of note is the architecture of a columned temple with a fountain, and the stylised statue of Venus in the centre. The border creates the effect of a picture frame, featuring moulded gilded wood and finely drawn scrollwork 300 x 600 cm Oxidation and wear; damage, particularly in the upper section; restoration work; re-weaving. Tapestry lined and edged with braid. Provenance: Dining room of the Château de Montreuil (44) Bibliography: Pascal-François Bertrand, *Aubusson: Tapestries of the Enlightenment, Splendours of the Royal Manufactory, Supplier to Europe in the 18th Century* - One piece bearing the mark ‘P C M R DAUBUSSON’, Auction 24 June 1940, lot no. 97, ill. - One piece bearing the mark ‘FG.M.R.DAVBVSSON’. ’, 2.80 x 5.80 m. Known from an unlabelled photograph (see fig. 105). - A piece bearing the mark ‘P.G. M. D. CALLE.DAVBVSSON. ’, 2.95 x 4.70 m. Auction, Paris, Hôtel George V, 20 December 1994, lot 112, ill. - A panel, in a framed border, bearing the mark ‘F.GRELLET M.R.DAVBVSSON’, 2.67 x 4.93 m. Sotheby’s New York auction, 31 January 1997, lot 279, ill. - The composition woven across two panels set within a border of foliage and flowers. Athens, Benaki Museum. - A narrow section of the part featuring the heron and the statue in the fountain’s niche, 2.34 x 1.22 m, 5 warp threads per cm. Lisbon, Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga; from the former collection of the Museu das Janelas Verde, dated to the late 17th century, circa 1770; Mendonça 1983, pp. 34–35, no. 13, ill. - A piece formerly in the Boccara Gallery (attributed to Beauvais). Boccara 1988, p. 254, ill.

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296 - AUBUSSON 18th century, c. 1730–40 See original version (French)

296 - AUBUSSON 18th century, c. 1730–40
See original version (French)