A French Landscape Tapestry, Aubusson, early 18th century

woven with a wading bird on river bank with winding path, central tree and large flowering foreground plant, all within a four-sided floral border on a sable ground; reduced in size

Tapestry is lined. Velcro is attached across the top for hanging purposes. Border cut and joined. Main panel fragment of larger landscape tapestry.Yellow selvedge, with remnants of blue on lower edge turned under. Some splits in places, for example to the lighter areas and flowers. There is some paint to surface in bottom right hand corner, and some to the bark of the trunk of the tree extending up the right side. Generally good colour and stable condition overall. Versatile size and decorative piece.
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