A RARE SUITE OF FIVE LOUIS XV SAVONNERIE PANELS
CIRCA 1766-69, AFTER THE DESIGNS BY ALEXANDRE FRANCOIS DESPORTES (1661-1743)
A RARE SUITE OF FIVE LOUIS XV SAVONNERIE PANELS CIRCA 1766-69, AFTER THE DESIGNS BY ALEXANDRE FRANCOIS DESPORTES (1661-1743) Wooven in wools, decorated overall with animal scenes under arches with floral sprays and foliage, within C-scroll cartouches on a dark red ground, mounted as a folding screen and set within giltwood stiles carved to simulate rope-twist stems, the panels depicting from left to right: -two leopards eating grapes, with two birds flying over the vines -two rabbits taking cover under a peach tree hedge with two monkeys resting above -two hounds standing on their hind legs amidst oak leaves, a dear hiding in the background -two foxes beneath a flowering hedge, surmounted by a bird and a toucan -three ducks near a rose-bush, with a parrot and a crowned crane perched above 76¼ in. (193.5 cm.) high; 29¼ in. (74.5 cm.) wide [each panel, without frame
A RARE SUITE OF FIVE LOUIS XV SAVONNERIE PANELS
CIRCA 1766-69, AFTER THE DESIGNS BY ALEXANDRE FRANCOIS DESPORTES (1661-1743)
A RARE SUITE OF FIVE LOUIS XV SAVONNERIE PANELS CIRCA 1766-69, AFTER THE DESIGNS BY ALEXANDRE FRANCOIS DESPORTES (1661-1743) Wooven in wools, decorated overall with animal scenes under arches with floral sprays and foliage, within C-scroll cartouches on a dark red ground, mounted as a folding screen and set within giltwood stiles carved to simulate rope-twist stems, the panels depicting from left to right: -two leopards eating grapes, with two birds flying over the vines -two rabbits taking cover under a peach tree hedge with two monkeys resting above -two hounds standing on their hind legs amidst oak leaves, a dear hiding in the background -two foxes beneath a flowering hedge, surmounted by a bird and a toucan -three ducks near a rose-bush, with a parrot and a crowned crane perched above 76¼ in. (193.5 cm.) high; 29¼ in. (74.5 cm.) wide [each panel, without frame
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