A FRENCH VERDURE TAPESTRY, POSSIBLY PARIS, FAUBOURG SAINT MARCEL MANUFACTORY, 17TH CENTURY |

woven with verdant woodland, within a deep four-sided architectural border; reduced in size

Overall measurements: 269cm across the top, 266cm across the bottom, 277cm along left side, 281cm along right side Tapestry has a linen lining and Velcro attached across the top edge for hanging purposes in the future. With areas of reweaving, and repair. Border reduced, with evidence of horizontal repairs above and below the cartouche motifs in the centre of each of the horizontal borders. Lower edge has been repaired and has reweaving along the width and there are some cobbled old repairs in the cartouches, especially the lower corners and centre of side borders. The top is in better overall condition. Light sky in centre of verdure panel is in stable condition. Some oxidisation to old dark brown dyes, as commensurate with age and colour of dye. Some areas repaired with lighter browns. Despite the smaller panel in relation to the elaborate border, it is in attractive and decorative tapestry. Tapestry has been professionally restored and cleaned in France. The Chevalier Conservation Label is on the reverse of the lining and dated - July 2012. Decorative tapestry of a good size, and bright and cheerful colours and attractive design.
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The architecutural border with flowers and cabochon is reminiscent of the 17th century style of border used in the tapestry designs after Simon Vouet (1590-1649) who was brought back by Louis XIII, king of France (1601-1643, r. from 1610), as first painter to the king and as designer of tapestries. See border type examples on tapestries from the Vouet series of the Loves of the Gods, Denis, Isabelle, Lisse et délices, Chefs d’oeuvre de la tapisserie de Henri IV à Louis XIV, Château de Chambord, exhibition catalogue, 1996, Les Amours des dieux, pp.170-189.