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nr. 688 - An interesting antique French Aubusson tapestry, with non-binding sizes, therefore easy to fit into a modern home: perhaps a sliding door (wh...

Very beautiful late 19th century French Aubusson tapestry with a nice gallant decor, hunting and beautiful colors, extremely finely hand woven with silk and wool. ✨✨✨ "Experience th...

Place this long and narrow antique tapestry in a staircase or in between two windows for a pop of color. Handwoven in Aubusson, France, circa 1860, this gorgeous verdure wall piece h...

Very beautiful and fine Aubusson tapestry with a nice design with bird in the nature , and beautiful colours, entirely and finely handwoven with wool and silk, at Aubusson workshops....

This colorful, antique tapestry was hand woven in Aubusson, France, circa 1820. The wall hanging piece depicts a woman feeding a bowl of soup to a youngster; the art work is embellis...

Very beautiful and fine Aubusson tapestry with a nice design of the 18th century tapestries, Tapestry illustrating the game of Colin-Maillard, one of the subjects of the Country Amus...

Very beautiful and fine Aubusson tapestry with a nice design featuring people having a picnic by the river , and with beautiful colours, entirely and finely handwoven with wool and s...

Aubusson tapestry is tapestry manufactured at Aubusson, in the upper valley of the Creuse in central France. The term often covers the similar products made in the nearby town of Felletin, whose products are often treated as "Aubusson". The industry had probably developed since soon after 1300 in looms in family workshops, perhaps already run by the Flemings that are noted in documents from the 16th century. Aubusson tapestry of the 19th century managed to compete with the royal manufacture of Gobelins tapestry and the privileged position of Beauvais tapestry, although generally regarded as not their equal. As with Flemish and Parisian tapestries...

This is a lovely antique 19th Century Square French Aubusson Tapestry depicting a Hunting Scene on a beautiful summer day in the countryside with lush trees and vegetation. We see th...

Large grisaille wallpaper from the series "Psyche", designed in 1815 by Merry-Joseph Blondel & Louis Lafitte for Dufour Paris. The three panels sho...

Beautiful 17th Century French Aubusson Tapestry Measures: 281 x 235

Beautiful wool and silk tapestry representing a banquet of a Pasha. While the guests eat, servants bring the dishes and musicians entertain the assembly. Tapestries were used to richly decorate a house and keep the heat inside a room by diminishing the cold radiation of the stones. It could be quickly and easily disassembled to be transported to another house. From a millefleurs decor at the beginning of the art of tapestry, the weavers have managed to increase the woven surfaces allowing the narrative unfolding of a story (biblical, mythological or literary stories) through hangings, set of tapestries on the same subject. The origins of Aubusson tapestry still remain uncertain, although some attribute its invention to Saracens who settled on the banks of the Creuse after their defeat at Poitiers in 732, while others believe it to be the fact that Louis 1...