A French Landscape Tapestry fragment, Aubusson Mid 18th Century

with a meandering riverbank with foreground wading bird, flanked by trees and with distant château, within an elaborate four-sided floral and scrolling acanthus leaf border, with a later blue and yellow selvedge

Tapestry with old linen lining and metal hoops. There is a hessian interlining. Recommend re-lined with Velcro attached across the top edge for future hanging purposes. Old repairs overall commensurate with age. Some small areas of repair and reweaving to the areas of the brown ground. Some splits in areas, which can be repaired, for example top right corner between the top edge of border and yellow band of selvedge. This tapestry is a good size, balanced colour and composition and charming and more unusual of border types.
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