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Fang sculpture, Gabon
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-This tapestry presents an exotic landscape with a pagoda at its center, and three birds, including a peacock.
The abundant vegetation in the foreground draws the eye up to the multi-storey pagoda. The peacock's tail features beautiful weaving details that fill the space.
-This fragment comes from a model woven several times at Aubusson, identified as "Paysage au paon, rideau, carquois et pagode" (Peacock landscape, curtain, quiver and pagoda). Several illustrations of this model in its entirety are presented in Pascal-François BERTRAND's book "Aubusson Tapisseries des lumières" (fig.123 and fig.143 pages 131 to 138).
-The development in the eighteenth century of these "Verdures à pagode", which evoke fantasized landscapes combining fauna, flora and exotic architecture, goes hand in hand with the period's taste for imagery from faraway lands, fashionable in Europe from the end of the seventeenth century, particularly China. They were probably textile translations of models by the king's painter Jean-Joseph Dumons.
Well-preserved, the colors are in cameos of blues and greens.
-The tapestry is lined with rings at the top back for hanging.
Dimensions: Height: 219 cm
Width: 200 cm
Ref: WCPNU453K1
| Condition | Good |
| Style | Louis XV style (Tapestry of Louis XV style Style) |
| Period | 18th century (Tapestry 18th century) |
| Country of origin | France |
| Shipping Time | Ready to ship in 4-7 Business Days |
| Location | 78220, Viroflay, France |
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