A French Classical Triumphal Tapestry, Aubusson late 17th century

within a four-sided floral border, incorporating blue bows and vases, on brown ground, with further narrow inner and outer banded yellow and brown borders and brown selvedge

Colours are lighter in reality and it is generally faded overall. Muted colouring, attractive faded appearance overall in reality. With restorations and reweaving in areas overall, for example to areas of the border, to the brown foliage, blue sky and foreground, as different colours and visible in the photograph, and in small areas within figures. There are areas within the light areas of robes within the figural groups that have lost the weft threads, and reveal the horizontal warp threads, leaving area vulnerable, especially without a lining. They are visible as small dark areas in the photograph, see for example the cloak covering the leg of the equestrian figure, and the light highlight area of the lower abdominal section of the curaisse of the trumpeter. These areas could be consolidated before a lining it attached. The tapestry is not presently lined. Recommend that it is lined with Velcro attached across the top for hanging purposes in the future. A decorative tapestry.
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woven with a triumphal procession with background buildings and woodland with formal fountain, all within a four-sided floral border, incorporating blue bows and vases, on brown ground, with further narrow inner and outer banded yellow and brown borders and brown selvedge

This tapestry could depict a specific Historical occasion, as the equestrian figure is followed by a figure holding a golden crown.

Alternatively it could be a Triumphal procession from an Old Testament subject, such as that of the Story of David, or that of Joseph. For comparable processions incorporating similar figural types with landscape and town frieze backgrounds and similar borders, see tapestries depicting the Triumph of Joseph, sold as Sotheby's, London, 11th March 1983, lot 7, and 11th February 1992, lot 4 respectively. Also see H. Göbel, Die Wandteppiche, 1928, Part II, Vol.ii, nos.266, for a late 17th century Aubusson weaving depicting the Triumph of David.