A LOUIS XIV ARMORIAL TAPESTRY Circa 1691- 1694, probably Paris, possibly by Gilles Bacour, after Jean Berain I Woven in metal thread, wools and silks, depicting the coat-of-arms of the Greder family, within a scrolling foliate cartouche headed by a crown and flanked by swans, against a tassled and fringed canopy, surrounded by foliate edged strap-work decorated with masks, flower baskets, and a helmet and a breast plate, the background with a formal garden with parterres and fontains, the borders decorated with interlaced strap-work with husk and foliage filled cartouches and with shells in the corners, minor reweaving, mainly to light silks, woven in two sections, minor reweaving to the join 8 ft. 10 in. (269 cm.) high; 9 ft. 4 in. (285 cm.) wide
A LOUIS XIV ARMORIAL TAPESTRY Circa 1691- 1694, probably Paris, possibly by Gilles Bacour, after Jean Berain I Woven in metal thread, wools and silks, depicting the coat-of-arms of the Greder family, within a scrolling foliate cartouche headed by a crown and flanked by swans, against a tassled and fringed canopy, surrounded by foliate edged strap-work decorated with masks, flower baskets, and a helmet and a breast plate, the background with a formal garden with parterres and fontains, the borders decorated with interlaced strap-work with husk and foliage filled cartouches and with shells in the corners, minor reweaving, mainly to light silks, woven in two sections, minor reweaving to the join 8 ft. 10 in. (269 cm.) high; 9 ft. 4 in. (285 cm.) wide
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