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The Staff of Moses, Exodus 7, Brussels Tapestry 18th Century - L1m93xh2m13, 1464
The Staff of Moses, Exodus 7, Brussels Tapestry 18th Century - L1m93xh2m13, 1464

The Staff of Moses, Exodus 7, Brussels Tapestry 18th Century - L1m93xh2m13, 1464

Located in Paris, FR

Manufacturer: Manufacture Des Bruxelles Epoque: 18th century Style: Haute époque-Renaissance-Louis XIII- Biblical Condition: perfect condition (some small 19th century restoration ha...

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18th Century European Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Aubusson tapestry 19th century petanque game scene - N° 1332
Aubusson tapestry 19th century petanque game scene - N° 1332

Aubusson tapestry 19th century petanque game scene - N° 1332

Located in Paris, FR

Aubusson tapestry 19th century petanque game scene - N° 1332 Close to the Eiffel Tower, We are a family business specialized in the purchase, sale and expertise of tapestries, carpe...

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1880s French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

European hand-woven tapestry dated 1968 abstract design Germany
European hand-woven tapestry dated 1968 abstract design Germany

European hand-woven tapestry dated 1968 abstract design Germany

Located in Firenze, FI

German tapestry hand-woven in 1968 with dimensions 200 cm. x 150 cm. dominant color warm red. The tapestry is generously sized, with a well-defined weave that reflects the craftsmans...

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1960s German Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Large 19th Century French Aubusson Floral Tapestry Fragment
Large 19th Century French Aubusson Floral Tapestry Fragment

Large 19th Century French Aubusson Floral Tapestry Fragment

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in New York, NY

Handwoven in Aubusson, France in the 19th Century, this lovely silk and wool piece was originally the setback of a loveseat. It measures 2 x 5.3 ft. It is in pristine condition and ...

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Mid-19th Century French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Tapestry, Wool, Silk

Pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry
Pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry

Pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

"Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring a captivating scene of pastoral love, showing a couple in countryside with the nature and a river ...

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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton, Acrylic

Antique Georgian Silkwork Embroidery, Moses In The Bullrushes, Verre Eglomise
Antique Georgian Silkwork Embroidery, Moses In The Bullrushes, Verre Eglomise

Antique Georgian Silkwork Embroidery, Moses In The Bullrushes, Verre Eglomise

Located in Bristol, GB

ANTIQUE GEORGE III SILK, SILVER THREAD NEEDLEWORK AND STUMPWORK EMBROIDERY A charming depiction of the baby Moses being discovered in the bullrushes by the Pharaoh’s daughter, all w...

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18th Century George III Antique Wool Tapestries

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Silver

16th Century, Flemish Storied Wood Tapestry
16th Century, Flemish Storied Wood Tapestry

16th Century, Flemish Storied Wood Tapestry

Located in IT

16th century, Flemish storied wood tapestry Flanders Brussels The beautiful and precious tapestry, of fine workmanship and made with wool yarns, was made in the 16th century in F...

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16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Aubusson Tapestry from 19th Century - N° 1240
Aubusson Tapestry from 19th Century - N° 1240

Aubusson Tapestry from 19th Century - N° 1240

Located in Paris, FR

a very prettyAubusson tapestry of 19th century with red and blue and white colors, a temple and rivers in very good condition- N° 1240 Thanks to our Restoration-Conservation works...

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1880s French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Alexander the Great, The Passage of the Granicus - Flemish Tapestry 17th -N 1503
Alexander the Great, The Passage of the Granicus - Flemish Tapestry 17th -N 1503

Alexander the Great, The Passage of the Granicus - Flemish Tapestry 17th -N 1503

Located in Paris, FR

Period: 17th century Style: Rome and Antic Greece Condition: Perfect condition Material: Wool Width: 465 cm Height: 307 cm Depth: 1 cm In keeping with tradition, this magnificent ta...

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17th Century French French Provincial Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design with shepherds in a romantic scene inside the countryside. and with beautiful colours, entirely woven with wool An...

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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Mid Century Modern Colorful Tapestry, circa 1970
Mid Century Modern Colorful Tapestry, circa 1970

Mid Century Modern Colorful Tapestry, circa 1970

Located in Barcelona, ES

Mid Century Modern Colorful Tapestry, circa 1970 By unknown Artist In original condition, with minor wear consistent of age and use, preserv...

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1970s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Zabihi Collection late 19th Century French Tapestry
Zabihi Collection late 19th Century French Tapestry

Zabihi Collection late 19th Century French Tapestry

Located in New York, NY

a late 19th-century French Tapestry Details rug no. j4508 size 5' 10" x 7' (178 x 213 cm)

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Late 19th Century Asian Belle Époque Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Vintage Navajo Wool Wall Hanging
Vintage Navajo Wool Wall Hanging

Vintage Navajo Wool Wall Hanging

$240Sale Price|20% Off

Vintage Navajo Wool Wall Hanging

Located in Stockholm, SE

Beautiful little tapestry / wall hanging or table decoration with a geometrical Navajo design pattern. Woven with wool on cotton. Very good vintage condition. Dimensions excludes the...

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20th Century Unknown Navajo Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Tapestry Manufacture Aubusson "the Lady with the Organ" 19th Medieval -  N° 1427
Tapestry Manufacture Aubusson "the Lady with the Organ" 19th Medieval -  N° 1427

Tapestry Manufacture Aubusson "the Lady with the Organ" 19th Medieval - N° 1427

A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....

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Mid-19th Century French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Immense 17th Century Flemish Wool Verdure Tapestry
Immense 17th Century Flemish Wool Verdure Tapestry

Immense 17th Century Flemish Wool Verdure Tapestry

Located in London, GB

Immense 17th Century Flemish wool verdure tapestry Flemish, 17th Century Height 323cm, width 424cm This very large and exquisite tapestry was crafted in wool in Flanders during the ...

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17th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Large Abstract Wool Wall Tapestry, Sweden, 1988
Large Abstract Wool Wall Tapestry, Sweden, 1988

Large Abstract Wool Wall Tapestry, Sweden, 1988

Located in Rīga, LV

Unique wall hanging featuring a grid of geometric motifs in warm earthy tones of ochre, rust, and brown, handwoven in linen and wool. The piece bears a label reading “Gift from the P...

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1980s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Linen

Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry

Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

"Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design, showing a gallant scene with two couples, one sitting at the foot of a tree, and the other arrivin...

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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Antique 18th Century English Aubusson Garden Tapestry
Antique 18th Century English Aubusson Garden Tapestry

Antique 18th Century English Aubusson Garden Tapestry

By Mortlake

Located in New York, NY

Charming 18th Century English Aubusson Tapestry, handwoven in wool and silk at the famous Mortlake workshop. It depicts a scene from the well known "Bacchanalia and Playing Boys" se...

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18th Century English Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Tapestry, Wool, Silk

Textured macrame wall hanging, Spain, 1970s
Textured macrame wall hanging, Spain, 1970s

Textured macrame wall hanging, Spain, 1970s

Located in BARCELONA, ES

Superb macramé wall tapestry made in Spain in the 1970s. Large format. Handmade tapestry composed of different textures and materials creating unique patterns and reliefs. All the ro...

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1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

19th Century French Aubusson Verdure Landscape Tapestry
19th Century French Aubusson Verdure Landscape Tapestry

19th Century French Aubusson Verdure Landscape Tapestry

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in New York, NY

Handwoven in Aubusson, France in the 19th Century, this lovely verdure wall piece has its original fruit and floral border. It measures 3.6 x 7.9 ft. The decorative wall hanging tape...

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19th Century French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Tapestry, Wool

19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry
19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry

19th Century French Aubusson Tapestry

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in New York, NY

Handwoven in Aubusson, France in the 19th Century, this lovely Tapestry features a nobleman and noblewoman on a stroll through the forest in a classic Millefleur background and it ha...

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Mid-19th Century French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Tapestry, Wool, Silk

1107 - Aubusson Tapestry 19th Century Lady with the Unicorn
1107 - Aubusson Tapestry 19th Century Lady with the Unicorn

1107 - Aubusson Tapestry 19th Century Lady with the Unicorn

Located in Paris, FR

1107 - a very beautiful and historic 19th century tapestry woven at the Royal Aubusson factory.

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1950s French Aubusson Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool

17th Century French Baroque Tapestry
17th Century French Baroque Tapestry

17th Century French Baroque Tapestry

Located in Allerum, SE

17th century French Baroque wool and silk tapestry. Work of Felletin, ca 1690 France.

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17th Century French Baroque Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Handmade Modern Tapestry, Wool on Canvas, Late 20th Century, France
Handmade Modern Tapestry, Wool on Canvas, Late 20th Century, France

Handmade Modern Tapestry, Wool on Canvas, Late 20th Century, France

Located in Beirut, LB

Superb handmade tapestry of a large dimension, composed of 14 parts of different dimensions and weaving points revolved from 3 yarns and a fourth lower one. Representing a series of diverse tropical...

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Late 20th Century French Modern Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Yarn, Canvas

Late 19th Century Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Wall Hanging
Late 19th Century Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Wall Hanging

Late 19th Century Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Wall Hanging

Located in Dallas, TX

72780 Late 19th Century Antique French Aubusson tapestry wall hanging. This antique French Aubusson tapestry with French Romanticism is a work of art. The historic worth far exceeds ...

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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design . and with beautiful colours, entirely woven with wool And cotton on Jacquard looms ✨✨✨ "Experience the epitome o...

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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Wonderful Vintage French screen printed by hand Tapestry « Maximilian's Hunt »
Wonderful Vintage French screen printed by hand Tapestry « Maximilian's Hunt »

Wonderful Vintage French screen printed by hand Tapestry « Maximilian's Hunt »

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Discover the elegance of this mid-century French hand-printed tapestry featuring the exquisite design of « The month of July or The sign of the lion or The report, from the tapestry ...

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Mid-20th Century French Medieval Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton, Linen

Zabihi Collection Early 19th Century Large Tapestry
Zabihi Collection Early 19th Century Large Tapestry

Zabihi Collection Early 19th Century Large Tapestry

Located in New York, NY

An early 19th Century very fine quality Large French Tapestry . Measures: 7' wide x 10'11'' long. Tapestries make integral part of the Flemish cultural heritage. Most of the tapestries have religious, mythological and historical subjects as well as hunting and harvest scenes. They are known for their high quality and extended use of colors. The oldest ones were made in the 13th century. The most important production centers were Doornik and Arras. These two centers got a lot of assignments of the Dukes of Burgundy. In the 14th century tapestries...

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Early 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Vintage Navajo Rug Geometric Blanket Wool Rug Handmade 94cmx163cm Gray 3x5 1940
Vintage Navajo Rug Geometric Blanket Wool Rug Handmade 94cmx163cm Gray 3x5 1940

Vintage Navajo Rug Geometric Blanket Wool Rug Handmade 94cmx163cm Gray 3x5 1940

Located in New York, NY

Magnificent Vintage Geometric Navajo Blanket Rug! The rug is a Navajo Crystal area rug of Western New Mexico. The Crystal Trading Post (established 1896; now closed) was located on t...

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1940s North American Navajo Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool

An Impressive Early 18th Century Tapestry by Alexander Baert
An Impressive Early 18th Century Tapestry by Alexander Baert

An Impressive Early 18th Century Tapestry by Alexander Baert

Located in ARMADALE, VIC

An Impressive Early 18th Century Tapestry by Alexander Baert Description: Bordered with floral motifs and the centre scene inspired by the tragédie en musique ‘Amadis de Gaule’ by ...

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Early 18th Century Dutch Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Tapestry   Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
Tapestry   Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins

Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in Madrid, ES

Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the History of Esther, illustrating Esther seated and attended by handmaidens, one washing her feet in golden basin, another fastening a bracelet, another offering a mirror, all observed by Mordecai, woven in the workshop of Michele Audran after a design by J. F. de Troy. The Toilet of Esther c.1778-85.Royal Collection Trust-Queens Audience Chamber Windsor Castle The Sketches for the Esther Cycle by Jean-François de Troy (1736) “and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mor’decai, ..., took for his own daughter.” (Est. 2:7) A supple and undulating genius, both a flattering portraitist and a prolix history painter, as well as a brilliant genre painter, in a gallant or worldly vein, Jean-François de Troy (Paris, 1679 – Rome, 1752), solicited, although he had passed the threshold of old age, a new royal commission up to his ambitions. To obtain it, he submitted – successfully - for the approval of the Bâtiments du roi (administration), seven modelli painted in 1736 with his usual alacrity. Inspired by one of the most novelistic texts of the Old Testament, the Book of Esther, these sketches in a rapid and virtuoso manner were transformed by the artist, between 1737 and 1740 into large cartoons intended to serve as models for the weavers of the Gobelins factory. Showing undeniable ease and skill in the composition in perfect harmony with the sensitivities of the times, the tapestry set met with great success. The Story of Esther perfectly corresponded to the plan of the Bâtiments du roi to renew the repertoire of tapestry models used for the weavers of the royal factories while it also conformed to the tastes of Louis XV’s subjects for a fantastical Orient, the set for a dramatic tale in which splendour, love and death were combined. Indeed, no tapestry set was woven in France during the 18th century as often as that of Esther. The series of modelli painted by de Troy during the year 1736 looks to the history of French painting and decoration under Louis XV as much as it does the history of the Gobelins. It probably counts among the most important rococo pictorial groups to have remained in private hands. First the Biblical source illustrated by De Troy which constitutes the base of one of the richest iconographical traditions of Western art will be considered. Then the circumstances and specific character of French civilisation during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV which contributed to making the theme of Esther a relevant subject, both attractive to contemporaries and remarkably in line with the sensitivities of the time will be elucidated. An examination of the exceptional series of sketches united here, the cartoons and the tapestries that they anticipate as well as a study of their reception will close this essay. The Book of Esther: A scriptural source at the source of rich iconography. The origin of the Esther tapestry set by Jean-François de Troy – origin and creation of a masterpiece According to the evidence of one of the artist’s early biographers, the chevalier de Valory, author of a posthumous elegy of the master, read at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on 6 February 1762, it was apparently due to early16 rivalry with François Lemoyne (1688-1737), his younger colleague who had precisely just been appointed First Painter to the King in 1736, that had encouraged François de Troy to seek a commission allowing him to show off his ease and his promptitude at the expense of a rival who was notoriously laborious: “M. De Troy, retaining some resentment of the kind of disadvantage which he believed to have suffered compared with his emulator looked to regain some territory by making use of the facility his rival did not possess. Lemoyne was excessively long in the creation of his works,and M. De Troy of a rare celerity: consequently, with this particular talent, the latter offered to the court to make paintings appropriate to be executed at the Gobelins Factory; and it is to this circumstance that we owe the beautiful series of the Story of Esther, which would be sufficient alone to give him a great reputation.”17 Beyond the suspicion inspired by the topos, which still constitutes, more or less, a tale of rivalries between artists in ancient literature, there is probably some truth in what Valory reports although A.-J. Dezalier d’Argenville (who indicates rather spitefully that de Troy did not hesitate to “cut prices” to impose himself, benefitting from the productivity assured by the unlikely rapidity of his brush)18 proves to be more evasive: “As he looked to busy himself, he had offered to make the paintings that serve as models for the King’s tapestries cheaply: which did not please his colleagues. He was given a choice of two tapestry series to be made and he took the Story of Esther and that of Jason”.19 Whether or not the choice was actually left to de Troy (which would appear rather casual on the royal administration’s part all the same), it seems likely that the artist, whose contemporaries extol his “fire”, as the faculty of invention was then called, must have ardently aspired to the possibility of using on a very large scale the “creative genius” with which Dezallier d’Argenville credits him. The decoration of the private apartments, the fashion for which Louis XV had promoted at Versailles and Fontainebleau, offered little opportunity to excel in this area. Other than painting for altarpieces, only tapestries could allow comparison with Lemoyne who had been granted – unfortunately for him – a major decoration: the enormous ceiling of the Hercules Room at Versailles. Favoured by the recent improvement in France’s financial situation, the revival of patronage offered de Troy a commission fitting for him, in a field in which, however, he had hardly any experience. Anxious to renew the repertoire of models available to the Gobelins factory, the Duc d’Antin, surintendant des Bâtiments du roi from 1708 to 1736 followed by his successor, Philibert Orry comte de Vignory, gave him the task of producing seven large cartoons inspired by the Book of Esther corresponding to the brilliant sketches or modelli which de Troy had produced in one go, or almost (very few preparatory drawings can in fact be linked to the Esther cycle and all seem to be at the execution stage of the cartoons).20 Subjected to the approval of the Administration des Bâtiments according to the procedure in use for projects being planned for the Gobelins, sketches made rapidly during 1736 were approved and the project launched immediately. Thereupon came the news of François Lemoyne’s death, who, ground down by work and a victim of his private torment, committed suicide on 4 June 1737. Against all expectations, de Troy did not replace his rival in the position of First Painter (which remained vacant until the appointment of Charles Coypel in January 1747), which would perhaps have made him too obviously the beneficiary of the drama. The awarding of the position of Director of the French Academy in Rome came to console him while he had already produced (or he was in the process of finishing), in Paris, three of the seven cartoons of the cycle (The Fainting of Esther finished in 1737 and the Toilet and Coronation of Esther, both finished in 1738). De Troy, we can see, did not follow the order of the narrative but began with the subjects which apparently offered the least difficulty because he had already depicted them, or because they fall into a strong pictorial tradition (such is the case especially for the Fainting of Esther). He had hardly settled at the Palazzo Mancini in August 1738, when his first task which awaited the new director of the French Academy naturally consisted of honouring the royal commission and finishing without delay the final cartoons of the Story of Esther after the sketches he must have taken with him. As prompt as ever, de Troy discharged himself of the execution of the four remaining cartoons in only two years, by beginning with the largest format which allowed him to strike the imagination and to impose himself as soon as he arrived on the Roman stage: the Triumph of Mor’decai which was finished in 1739 (like Esther’s Banquet). The following year, the Mor’decai's Disdain and The Sentencing of Haman were brought to an end in the same Neo-Venetian style, obviously tributary to Veronese with its choice of “open” monumental architecture which is characteristic of the entire cycle.21 The series, it should be noted, was almost augmented with some additional scenes in the mid 1740s. Indeed, the first tapestry set finished at the Gobelins in 1744 proved to be unsuitable for the arrangement of the Dauphine’s apartments at Versailles for which it had been intended to decorate the walls the following year (cf infra). Informed of this, de Troy, considering that the story of Esther offered “several good subjects,” immediately offered to illustrate one or new subject among those “which could appear to be the most interesting”. The directeur des Bâtiments Orry, who managed the State’s accounts, obviously judged it less costly to have one of the tapestries widened to fill in the end of the Dauphine’s bedroom,22 which has probably deprived us of very original compositions, because de Troy had already illustrated the most famous themes, those that benefitted from a strongly established iconographical tradition and from which it was not easy to deviate The Tapestry Set of the Story of Esther Placed on the tapestry looms of the Gobelins at the end of the 1730s in Michel Audran’s workshop, the cycle created by de Troy aroused true infatuation. The few hundred tapestries made between 1738 and 1797 – all in high-warp tapestry and woven in wool and silk except for four in low-warp made in Neilson’s workshop – show the impressive success of a tapestry set that was without any doubt the most frequently woven of the 18th century in France. 29 Only three cartoons had been delivered by de Troy in 1738 when the first tapestry set was begun by Audran under the expert eye of Jean-Baptiste Oudry to whom the Directeur général des bâtiments, Philibert Orry had assigned the (weekly) supervision of the weaving. During the summer of 1738, the piece of the Fainting of Esther, which Oudry judged to be admirable, was finished. During the winter of 1742, Oudry informed Orry that about two ells of the Triumph of Mor’decai had been made “with no faults”,that the Coronation of Esther was finished and that the Esther at her Toilet “a very gracious tapestry” was “a little over half” finished. Exhibited at Versailles in 1743, these two last pieces were admired by Louis XV and the Court. On 3 December 1744, the set of seven tapestries was finally delivered to the Garde Meuble. It was intended, the honour was not slight, to decorate the apartments of the Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain whose marriage to the young Dauphin Louis-Ferdinand had been fixed for the following year (it took place on 23 February 1745). Apparently it was thought that the theme of Esther the biblical heroine and wife of a foreign sovereign was appropriate for the apartments of the Spanish Dauphine. As early as the month of March, the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel informed de Troy that her grand cabinet was decorated with the “Esther tapestry set” specifying however that “for lack of two small or one large piece, we have not been able to decorate the end of the room”. This difficulty led immediately to the Banquet episode being woven a second time in two parts (they were delivered to the Garde-Meuble on 30 December 1746) to garnish the panels on each side of the bed of the Dauphine who would hardly enjoy them (she died on 22 July 1746 and the decoration was installed for the new Dauphine Maria Josepha of Saxony). The appearance of the set’s remarkable border, which imitated a richly sculpted wooden frame, should be mentioned. Conceived in 1738 by the ornamentalist Pierre Josse-Perrot and used in the later weavings until 1768, it tended to reinforce the resolutely painterly appearance of the tapestry set which, in this regard, pushed the art of tapestry as far as its ultimate mimetic possibilities. With the exception of Mor’decai's Disdain which had been removed earlier, the “editio princeps” of the story of Esther (from then on in nine pieces) remained at Versailles until the Revolution. Of the eight surviving tapestries, four are at the chateau of Compiègne and four belong today to the Mobilier National. No less than seven tapestry sets reputed to be complete (one of them in fact only had six tapestries) would be produced officially at the Gobelins up to 1772. Literature: 1- The Œuvres mêlées of an emulator of Racine, the Abbé Augustin NADAL thus include an Esther. Divertissement spiritual which is exactly contemporary with Jean François de Troy’s cycle since it was performed in 1735 and published in Paris three years later. 2-Le Siècle de Louis XIV, 1751, 1785 ed., p. 96-97 for French ed. 3- Lemoyne and de Troy had been obliged to share the First Prize in the competition organised in 1727 between the most prominent history painters of the Académie Royale. 4- Mémoires…, pub. L. DUSSIEUX et al., 1854, II, p.265. 5-The fact that de Troy, at the risk of falling out with his colleagues, did not hesitate to make use of prices in order to convince the new directeur des Bâtiments Philibert Orry, is confirmed by Mariette who adds tersely “it caused much shouting” (pub. 1851-1860, II, p. 103). 6- Abrégé de la vie des plus fameux peintres…, ed. 1762, IV, p. 368-369 20 Early comments on the painter are inclined to present him as a kind of “pure painter”, doing without the medium of drawing, a few intermediary studies between the Esther sketches and the large cartoons at the Louvre nevertheless show that de Troy used red chalk (see in the catalogue, the notice for the Meal of Esther and Ahasuerus under the entry drawing) to change one or other figure. 7-C. GASTINEL-COURAL (cat. exp. PARIS, 1985, p. 9-13) as well as the article by J. VITTET, exh. cat. LA ROCHE-GUYON, 2001, p. 51-55. 8-The Hermitage in St. Petersburg conserves five tapestries of these two royal gifts whose provenance still awaits elucidation (as far as we are aware). In 1766, the Grand Marshal of Russia, Count Razumovski (or Razamowski), acquired the Fainting and the Banquet extracted from the sixth weaving (J. VITTET, 2001, p. 53). 9- Lettres écrites de Suisse, d’Italie…,quoted by J. VITTET, op. cit., p. 54. 10-The tapestry set remained in the hands of a branch of the Hapsburg-Lorraine family until 1933 (ibid. P. 54). 11-Quoted by Chr. LERIBAULT, 2002, p. 97, note 269. 12-Y. CANTAREL-BESSON, 1992, p. 241. Catalogue The Esther at her Toilet Oil on canvas, 57 x 51 cm Provenance: Painted in 1736 at the same time as the six other modelli of the Story of Esther intended to be presented, for approval, to the direction des Bâtiments du Roi; perhaps identifiable among a lot of sketches by Jean-François de Troy in the post mortem inventory of the amateur, historian and critic Claude-Henri Watelet (1718-1786) drawn up on 13 January 1786 and following days (A.N. T 978, n° 30) then in the sale of the property of the deceased, Paris, 12 June 1786, n° 33; Paris, François Marcille Collection (who owned a series of six sketches from which the Triumph of Mor’decai was missing, see infra); Paris, Marcille Sale, Hôtel Drouot, 12-13 January 1857, n° 36; Asnières, Mme de Chavanne de Palmassy ( ?) collection; Paris, Galerie Cailleux; Paris, Humbert de Wendel collection (acquired from the Galerie Cailleux in 1928); by inheritance in the same family; Paris, Sotheby’s, 23 June 2011, n° 61. In order not to add unnecessarily to the technical commentary on each work, the catalogue raisonné by Chr. Leribault which contains a substantial bibliography on the series should be referred to. The other bibliographical references only concern the publications and exhibitions to have appeared and been presented more recently. Bibliography and Exhibitions: Chr. LERIBAULT, 2002, n° P. 247 (repr.); E. LIMARDO DATURI, 2004, p. 28; Exh. cat. NANTES, 2011, p. 138, n° 34, referred to in note 1; Sotheby’s catalogue, Tableaux anciens et du XIXe siècle, 23 June 2011, n° 61 (repr.). Related Works: Tapestry cartoon: The cartoon (oil on canvas, 329 x 320 cm), the third made by the artist in Paris after the sketches had been approved by the direction des Bâtiments, is in the Louvre (Inv. 8315). It previously bore the painter’s signature and the date 1738 (inscriptions which are found on the tapestries). The royal administration paid 1600 livres for it on 21 June 1738 and it was exhibited at the Salon in the year of its creation. Summary Biography 1679 (27 January): Baptism in Paris (Parish of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet) of Jean-François de Troy, son of the painter François de Troy and Jeanne Cotelle, sister of the painter Jean II Cotelle. 1696-1698: Studies (apparently rather turbulent) at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture. 1698-1708: First trip to Italy. Is obliged to leave Rome in January 1711 after a tempestuous affair (a duel?), de Troy extends the traditional Roman experience as a pensionnaire at the Académie de France by also visiting Tuscany where he stays for a long time, Venice (his art in face has a strongly Venetian character) and Genoa. 1708: De Troy (whose father had been elected Director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on 7 July) is agréé and immediately received at the Académie with Apollo and Diana Piercing with their Arrows the Children of Niobe (Montpellier, Musée Fabre) on 28 July. 1710: First royal commission, paid for on 10 May (a sketch representing “the Promotion of the Order of the Holy Spirit” for the tapestry series of the History of the King). 1716: Jean-François de Troy is elected Assistant Professor at the Academy. 1720: He is appointed Professor. 1723: The artist creates the double portrait of Louis XV...

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Early 18th Century French Baroque Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Vintage Woven Crest Tapestry 7.6X6.3
Vintage Woven Crest Tapestry 7.6X6.3

Vintage Woven Crest Tapestry 7.6X6.3

Located in Los Angeles, US

A wall hanging tapestry, simply put, is a textile specifically designed and woven to portray an artistic scene with the intent of hanging it on a wall. Antique tapestries, those that...

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Early 2000s Unknown Empire Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Jardin de Soleils Mid Century Wool Tapestry, Hand-Crafted, France
Jardin de Soleils Mid Century Wool Tapestry, Hand-Crafted, France

Jardin de Soleils Mid Century Wool Tapestry, Hand-Crafted, France

By Jean Picart Le Doux

Located in Winter Park, FL

A small Mid Century decorative petit point wool tapestry in the style of Jean Picart Le Doux (1902-1982) entitled "Jardin de Soleils". RBC Tapisserie de Paris. Made in France. Staple...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Canvas, Wood

Wonderful Vintage French screen printed by hand Tapestry
Wonderful Vintage French screen printed by hand Tapestry

Wonderful Vintage French screen printed by hand Tapestry

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Discover the elegance of this mid-century French screen-printed by hand tapestry featuring the exquisite design of a medieval museum tapestry This tapestry, a replica of the origin...

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Mid-20th Century French Medieval Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton, Linen

Antique 18th Square Century Flemish Verdure Green Landscape Tapestry with Birds
Antique 18th Square Century Flemish Verdure Green Landscape Tapestry with Birds

Antique 18th Square Century Flemish Verdure Green Landscape Tapestry with Birds

Located in New York, NY

This is a gorgeous antique square 18th century flemish verdure landscape tapestry with birds depicting a beautiful and rich summer scene of a countryside with lush trees and vegetati...

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18th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Wool Tapestries

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Tapestry, Wool

A Rare Museum-Quality Figural Scene Mid-17th Century Flemish Tourani Tapestry
A Rare Museum-Quality Figural Scene Mid-17th Century Flemish Tourani Tapestry

A Rare Museum-Quality Figural Scene Mid-17th Century Flemish Tourani Tapestry

Located in New York, NY

Mid-17th Century Flemish Tourani Tapestry 2'9" x 7' - 84 x 213 Antique Flemish Tapestry, Circa 1650 – 2'9" x 7' An exquisite 17th-century Flemish tapestry, handwoven in wool and si...

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1650s Belgian Baroque Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

1920 Antique English Needlepoint Tapestry 3x5 Fine 3'3" x 4'10" 99cm x 148cm
1920 Antique English Needlepoint Tapestry 3x5 Fine 3'3" x 4'10" 99cm x 148cm

1920 Antique English Needlepoint Tapestry 3x5 Fine 3'3" x 4'10" 99cm x 148cm

Located in New York, NY

Antique English Needlepoint Tapestry Scenic Design Wool "Beautiful English antique needlepoint tapestry with an exotic, scenic design . Creating dimension in any room!"-ARC PRODUCT...

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1920s English Folk Art Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool

pretty Antique French Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry, chair or cushion cover
pretty Antique French Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry, chair or cushion cover

pretty Antique French Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry, chair or cushion cover

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

"Experience the timeless elegance of this exquisite fragment of an French Aubusson style tapestry, capturing the essence of a natural design , Woven on a Jacquard loom with wool. Ori...

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Early 20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool

1980s Vintage Figural Pastoral Wall Tapestry French Style
1980s Vintage Figural Pastoral Wall Tapestry French Style

1980s Vintage Figural Pastoral Wall Tapestry French Style

Located in Los Angeles, US

A richly detailed vintage tapestry from the 1980s featuring a French inspired pastoral scene filled with romantic imagery and classical influence. The artwork portrays a relaxed coun...

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Late 20th Century French Provincial Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Jean Lurcat  Mid-Century Aubusson Tapestry
Jean Lurcat  Mid-Century Aubusson Tapestry

Jean Lurcat Mid-Century Aubusson Tapestry

By Jean Lurçat

Located in New York, NY

Mid-Century tapestry designed by Jean Lurcat (1892-1966) and woven at Atelier Raymond Picaud in Aubusson, France. Handwoven in wool, it dates to circa 1950 and titled "Oogli and the Insects" The artist's name is woven in the lower right corner and the monogram for the atelier is woven in the lower left corner. Woven with a stylized seated afghan dog...

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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wool Tapestries

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Tapestry, Wool

Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia
Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia

Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia

Located in Point Richmond, CA

Fine Antique Woman’s Mantle (Awayo), Bolivia This exceptionally fine woman’s awayo, or mantle, displays three groups of tightly patterned vertical bands and colored stripes separate...

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Late 19th Century Bolivian Tribal Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Antique 16th Century Navy Blue and Gold Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry
Antique 16th Century Navy Blue and Gold Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry

Antique 16th Century Navy Blue and Gold Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry

Located in New York, NY

A Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry 16th century In an open architectural setting, the central crowned and enthroned female figure flanked by three handmaidens, a fourth to the left urging a boy towards a kneeling woman on the right with an apple in her right hand, on the left a wooded landscape with a man walking in the distance, a man striking another over the head in the mid-ground, and a man, a woman, and a handmaiden approaching the scene in the foreground, on the right a man gesturing while others flee up a staircase and out of the scene, within a flower and fruit cluster surround punctuated along the top and bottom edges by balustrades and sphinxes, and along the sides by a figure, a mask, and a beaded and crowned man...

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16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Wool Tapestries

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Tapestry, Silk, Wool

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style medieval design Jacquard Tapestry "the knights"
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style medieval design Jacquard Tapestry "the knights"

Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style medieval design Jacquard Tapestry "the knights"

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

very beautiful Aubusson style tapestry, with a design of a medieval Rhenish tapestry (1480-1490) Basel (Switzerland), representing a royal court of France, the arms of France, with b...

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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

17th Century Brussels Old Testament Biblical Tapestry
17th Century Brussels Old Testament Biblical Tapestry

17th Century Brussels Old Testament Biblical Tapestry

Located in New York, NY

A Brussels Old Testament biblical tapestry from the 17th century, depicting Potiphar’s wife, Zoleikha attempting to seduce Joseph. The two figures ...

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17th Century Belgian Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Swedish Folk Art Hand-Crafted Röllakan Tapestry, Sweden 19th Century
Swedish Folk Art Hand-Crafted Röllakan Tapestry, Sweden 19th Century

Swedish Folk Art Hand-Crafted Röllakan Tapestry, Sweden 19th Century

Located in Grythyttan, SE

This exquisite Rölakan tapestry hails from the Skåne region of Sweden, dating back to the 1800s. It features stylized plant motifs in hues of white, ochre, black, burgundy, green, an...

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19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Linen

Beautiful mid century handwoven Aubusson style tapestry « Card players »
Beautiful mid century handwoven Aubusson style tapestry « Card players »

Beautiful mid century handwoven Aubusson style tapestry « Card players »

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Discover the timeless elegance of this 21th-century Aubusson /sty tapestry featuring a captivating design of card players at countryside. Beautiful decorative tapestry depicting a ru...

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Early 2000s Chinese Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

pretty antique French medieval design Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry
pretty antique French medieval design Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry

pretty antique French medieval design Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

"Experience the timeless elegance of 'Scènes Galantes,' a stunning early 20th century French tapestry featuring a medieval design inspired by the 15th-century masterpiece from the Cl...

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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Adelyne Neveux, The Daisies - French Aubusson Tapestry, Atelier Legoueix - 1445
Adelyne Neveux, The Daisies - French Aubusson Tapestry, Atelier Legoueix - 1445

Adelyne Neveux, The Daisies - French Aubusson Tapestry, Atelier Legoueix - 1445

Located a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, we are a French family business specializing in the purchase, sale, expertise, cleaning, restoration and conservation of tapes...

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1960s French Aubusson Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Tree of Life - Dark Loom Woven Tapestry - 3'0" x 2'4"
Tree of Life - Dark Loom Woven Tapestry - 3'0" x 2'4"

Tree of Life - Dark Loom Woven Tapestry - 3'0" x 2'4"

Located in Crowthorne, Surrey

This tapestry is also known as The Garden and is from an embroidered wool portiere designed by John Henry Dearle (1860-1932), an associate of William Morris (1834-1896) who worked ve...

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21st Century and Contemporary French Arts and Crafts Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Nice modern Flamand Tapestry  by Mary Dambiermont
Nice modern Flamand Tapestry  by Mary Dambiermont

Nice modern Flamand Tapestry by Mary Dambiermont

By Mary Dambiermont

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

Exquisite flamand tapestry from the mid-20th century, featuring a beautiful design of the renowned Belgium Painter Mary Dambiermont (1932–1983) she was a Belgian artist, known as a p...

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Mid-20th Century Belgian Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Villagers celebration »
Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Villagers celebration »

Nice French Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry « Villagers celebration »

Located in Saint Ouen, FR

"Exquisite Aubusson-style mid century tapestry featuring a captivating design inspired by the 17th-century Flemish painter David Tenier. Titled 'Villagers' Celebration,' it beautiful...

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Late 20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton, Acrylic