Description
AUBUSSON
Wool-thread tapestry on a wool ground, decorated with a pattern of stylised flower buds in a honeycomb design, featuringa central medallion crowned with a polychrome floral wreath and four spandrels decorated with sheaves and bouquets of multicoloured flowers and foliage. Border featuring a mosaic of flowers in pastel shades.
Restoration period
470 cm x 419 cm
(Restorations, oxidation and wear)
Bibliography:
- Aubusson Tapestries and Carpets (Robert Guinot),
- Tapestry from its Origins to the Present Day (Madeleine Jarry, 1967),
- Max Lorillard and Jean Lambert,
- Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau.
See original version (French)
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