An Aubusson chinoiserie verdure tapestry Panel

Circa 1720-1750
Woven in silk and wool, with a crested crane and a parrot in an exotic landscape, and with a palm tree and flowers and a pagoda on a fantastical rocky outcrop.
Vide: 'Aubusson - Tapisseries des Lumières', Bertrand, publ. Snoeck 2013, pp. 131-143, & 'Les Tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin', Chevalier & Bertrand, publ. Solange 1988, pp. 128-131, for similar tapestries.