A LOUIS XIV CHANCELLERIE TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
A LOUIS XIV CHANCELLERIE TAPESTRY FRAGMENT
GOBELINS, BY JEAN LE FEBVRE FILS, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY, AFTER A DESIGN BY GUY-LOUIS VERNANSAL, PAVILLION AND CLAUDE III AUDRAN
Woven in silks and wools, centred by the crowned arms of France and Navarre and the collars of the Orders of Saint-Michel and Saint-Esprit above the casket with the Royal seals, beneath a lambrequined canopy suspending an ermine cloak, supported by winged youths, within an architectural surround, with beaded edge and later brown outer guard border, areas of restoration and reweaving, reduced in size, with cuts and consequential adaptations
8 ft. x 5 ft. 3 in. (244 cm. x 160 cm.)
- The cost is converted to USD at the rate of 1 GBP = 1.610225 USD on 2012-10-31.
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