Antique Aubusson French Tapestry Cover Seat (1 of pair)

Antique French Aubusson Cover Seat 2'0" x 2'2''. Usually English or French, often with repeating allover designs executed with wool cross-stitches. Lar...

The Aubusson tapestry manufacture of the 17th and 18th centuries managed to compete with the royal manufacture of Gobelins tapestry and the privileged position of Beauvais tapestry. Tapestry manufacture at Aubusson, in the upper valley of the Creuse in central France, may have developed from looms in isolated family workshops established by Flemings that are noted in documents from the 16th century. Typically, Aubusson tapestries depended on engravings as a design source or the full-scale cartoons from which the low-warp tapestry-weavers worked. As with Flemish and Parisian tapestries...

Antique Aubusson-Beauvais Tapestry 1'9'' x 2'. This roundel was cut from a larger piece, but retains the finer weave and charming drawing of the auth...

Antique Aubusson-Beauvais Pictorial French Tapestry 4'9'' x 6'3''. This pictorial wall-hanging presents a horse-fountain to the left, with amorous rustic couples grouped around. Tal...

Very beautiful late 19th century Aubusson tapestry originally made for covering a part of an armchair with a beautiful floral design and nice natural colours, entirely and finely han...

Very beautiful late 19th century Aubusson tapestry with a beautiful design and colors, wool and silk woven on cotton foundation.

Very beautiful late 19th century Aubusson tapestry with a beautiful design and colors, wool and silk woven on cotton foundation. Initially made as a seated chair cover...

Very beautiful late 19th century Aubusson tapestry with a beautiful design and colors, wool and silk woven on cotton foundation.