Lot n° 249
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EUR
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: 11 430EUR
LILLE, atelier de Guillaume WERNIERS - Lot 249
LILLE, atelier de Guillaume WERNIERS
Polychrome wool tapestry representing a scene of banquet and village dance against a backdrop of palatial architecture after Téniers. Signed and bearing the fleur-de-lis on a red background at the bottom right.
Early 18th century.
Height 233 cm. L.400 cm. (Restoration of use, doubled, some weaknesses)
Guillaume Werniers' workshop in Lille specialized in so-called "tenières" tapestries made from the cardboards of the Teniers family illustrating the life of the countryside.
Bibliography:
Tapestries from the 17th to the 18th centuries - Ténières - Scenes from village life by David Téniers (1610-1690)
Angers-Abbatiale du Ronceray, 27 June - 20 September 1987 (Ed. Musées d'Angers/Galerie Chevalier, 1987).
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