19th c. Framed Tapestry

France, 19th Century

$1,095

Antique One-Of-A-Kind Textile

Found in Avignon, this 19th-century tapestry shows a garden full of silk-dressed company gathered around a fountain, music playing while couples drift through the trees. The scene is a fête galante, the dreamy picture of aristocrats at leisure that Watteau invented in early-18th-century France and that decorators copied for a hundred years after. It was always a fantasy more than a record, a world of endless afternoons in the garden with nothing to do but flirt and listen to music, woven here to hang on a wall and hold that daydream. Sylvie hangs it large where it can pull a whole room back a few centuries.

Minor variations from the images may occur unless otherwise noted. All sales are final.

Age:: 19th Century
Country of Origin:: France
Material:: Textile on wood frame
Dimensions:: 62.0" H x 53.25" W x 0.5" D

Notes from Sylvie:

Dear collector, this piece may show sun-faded color and a few loose threads It's all part of its age and character, just the way we like it. The wooden frame may show signs of its age, including subtle repairs, a bit of movement, cracks, scratches, small holes, and surface variation from years of use.

All items are final sale.