A Louis XIV French Hunting Tapestry, Aubusson, late 17th century

A Louis XIV French Hunting Tapestry, Aubusson, late 17th century

Woven with shepherds and a shepherdess trying to save their sheep from the pack of wolves, and a further group of figures on horseback and on foot sending their hounds in pursuit of the same wolves, in hope they too will frighten them off and save a sheep that has been carried off by one in the background, all set within a flowering and fruiting border incorporating small birds

Approximately 352cm high, 287cm wide