Mid-17th Century Brussels Verdure Tapestry

Mid-17th Century Flemish Tapestry ( 2'3" x 2'6" - 69 x 76 )

Late 17th Century French Tapestry ( 10'9" x 13'8" - 327 x 416 cm ) Material: Wool warp,18 warps per inch; wool and silk pattern wefts, Z-2; woven sideways. This extremely attractive...

Mid-18th Century French Tapestry ( 3'4" x 6'6" - 102 x 198 )

Wool and Silk pattern wefts on wool warp; warps/inch. Beauvais, French Royal Tapestry Workshop under the direction of Nicolas Besnier and Jean – Baptiste Oudry (1734-1753), or A.C. Charron (1753-1780). Designed by Francois Boucher Subject: La Musique (Music) No. 9 of a set of 14 panels “Fetes Italiennes” or “Italian Scenes”, showing peasants and working class folk with a few panels displaying members of the upper classes at play. “Music” is one of these. Boucher’s original drawings for Music (and other tapestries as well are in The Stadelkunst – institute, Frankfort, Germany and in a private, Paris collection. This was Boucher’s first tapestry design commission for the Beauvais factory. His other work includes the “Nobles Pastorales...

Stunning 17th Century Wool and Silk Antique French Tapestry, Country of Origin: France, Circa Date: 17th Century

Stunning 17th Century Wool and Silk Antique French Tapestry, Country of Origin: France, Circa Date: 17th Century

Antique Fine French Beauvais Tapestry 6’3” x 10’6”.

Against a straw sky a peasant woman walks to the left, passing before a summer foliage, double trunk tree, with green-leafed plants in the foreground and rustic buildings toward the ...