Charming 18th Century Aubusson Pastoral Tapestry

Rectangular needlepoint cushion with tassel fringe, French, 19th century Measures: 22" x 12".

Very large oil on canvas painting, blue sky with white clouds above scenic landscape, showing two figures resting with dogs at their side, shore and windmill in the distant backgroun...

Oil on canvas of the classical figure Diana holding a bow in a landscape setting with a putti and dogs in vivid colors. French School 18th century  

Attractive and colorful pair of antique needlework cushions with flowers in bowl and flowers in "horn of plenty" with cording and velvet backing 19...

A French Aubusson genre tapestry from the 18th century, featuring a rustic scene in which a youth plays his instrument for his damsel, who is reposing in the clearing of a forest. En...

The Aubusson tapestry manufacture of the 17th, 18th and 19th 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...

Very pretty tapestry of 18th century royal manufacture of Aubusson. Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation workshop and also our know-how, we are pl...

A large 18th Century French Aubusson verdure tapestry. Lots of lush, verdant foliage frames the view on to castle ruins. The tapestry is in good condition, with all its borders intac...