Kafayat Zaria-Suleiman
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THE PETA SMYTH COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE TEXTILES AND TAPESTRIES
Lot 16
A pair of tapestry border panels
From a tapestry woven in the Faubourg Saint-Michel workshop, circa 1620-1650, Paris
21 March 2023, 10:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £5,355 inc. premium
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A pair of tapestry border panels
From a tapestry woven in the Faubourg Saint-Michel workshop, circa 1620-1650, Paris
Designed with representations of young curly haired huntsmen, each holding a bugle and possibly a hunting bell, woven in wool and silk, one: 109cm x 70cm wide, the other: 107cm high x 69cm wide (2)
Designed with representations of young curly haired huntsmen, each holding a bugle and possibly a hunting bell, woven in wool and silk, one: 109cm x 70cm wide, the other: 107cm high x 69cm wide (2)
Footnotes
The border design attributed to Laurent Guyot (circa 1575 - after 1644), who held, jointly, the position of Royal Tapestry Cartoonist.
Vide: Göbel, Heinrich, 'Wandteppiche, II. Teil, Band 2: Die romanischen Länder', pl 46 & pl. 51, Leipzig, 1928, & Campbell, Thomas P., 'Tapestry in the Baroque', MMA, New York, 2007, no. 13, pp. 147 - 154, for illustrations and discussion of the 'Story of Diana' set of tapestries for which this border was first used.