Beschreibung:

A ROYAL LOUIS XIV CHANCELLERIE TAPESTRY
BY JEAN LE FEBVRE FILS, CIRCA 1703, AFTER A DESIGN BY GUY-LOUIS VERNANSAL, PAVILLON AND CLAUDE III AUDRAN
A ROYAL LOUIS XIV CHANCELLERIE TAPESTRY BY JEAN LE FEBVRE FILS, CIRCA 1703, AFTER A DESIGN BY GUY-LOUIS VERNANSAL, PAVILLON AND CLAUDE III AUDRAN Woven in wools and silks, centered by the Royal Arms of France and Navarre and the collars of the Orders of Saint-Michel and Saint-Esprit above the casket with the Royal seals, beneath a lambrequined canopy suspending an ermine cloak, supported by winged youths, above eagles and the all-seeing eye of Justice and flanked by female figures emblematic of Justice and Prudence, all within an architectural framework with Corinthian columns and a fleur-de-lys ground, the corners with the Arms of Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Pontchartrain, the lower border centred by his monogram, each border with pairs of putti emblematic of Justice and Mercy, Reward and Punishment, interspersed with crossed sceptres, female masks, shells and acanthus foliage, the lower and upper borders with a rose-trellis ground, possibly reduced in width, with associated vertical areas of reweaving to fleur-de-lys and blue ground of both sides, the coat-of-arms and central monogram to border associated, with several cuts and associated reweaving to upper border and along the sides of the canopy 13 ft. 6 in. (411 cm.) high; 13 ft. 8 in. (417 cm.) wide