Aubusson Pastoral Tapestry Jean Baptiste Huet XVIII Century

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Aubusson Pastoral Tapestry Jean Baptiste Huet XVIII Century:
$13000.00

AN AUBUSSON PASTORAL TAPESTRY FRAGMENT

Mid-18th Century
Approximately 8ft. 6in. x 7ft. 3in. (259cm. x 221cm.)
Centrally woven with a group of figures and children playing a game near a river flanked by grazing cows, against a background of woods with an arcaded bridge and ruins and with further buildings in the distance, within alaterthick brown guard border, distressed condition
Background on theAubusson tapestry manufacture:
During the 17th and 18th centuries, Aubusson managed to compete with the royal manufacture of Gobelin's tapestryand the privileged position of Beauvis tapestry.Tapestry manufacture atAubusson, in the upper valley of the Creusein centralFrance, may have developed from looms in isolated family workshops established byFlemingsthat are noted in documents from the 16th century.Receipt Included In Photos!