TAPESTRY WALL-HANGINGS - 18th & 19th CENTURY DECORATIVE
In the 18th and 19th centuries there was a requirement for tapestries to fulfil a more decorative function in interior decoration. This resulted in the highly ornamental style of the 18th century. Subjects were often Floral, Still-life, or Architectural, or a combination of these, sometimes inspired by paintings by Dutch and Flemish Masters. A number of vertical 'Portiere' hangings were also produced around this period, with the original application of covering entire doorways.
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 THE CAVALIER From an early 19th century French painting called 'The Charging Chasseur'. The officer of the army, in full regalia, sits astride his rearing warhorse on a smokey battlefield 148 x 105 cm £395; 198 x 152 cm £745 |
 MAP OF THE KNOWN WORLD (Typus Orbis Terrarum) Map of the world with a particularly ancient appearance, from a late 16th century engraving by an eminent cartographer from Antwerp 93 x 133 cm £240; 133 x 188 cm £440 |
 A KNIGHT'S COAT OF ARMS A heraldic composition featuring a Shield with a Coat of Arms, helmet and crest, and Latin motto. Ancient appearance. 186 x 135 cm £440 |
 GRAND BOUQUET FLAMAND Inspired by an 18th century Dutch masterpiece. 195 x 147 cm £750 |
 BOUQUET DRAPE Inspired by an 18th century Flemish tapestry 150 x 107 cm £375 |
 STILL-LIFE From a 17th century Flemish-style painting 75 x 65 cm £165; 150 x 130 cm £675 |
 THE JAY From an inlaid panel at Buckingham Palace, London 68 x 95 cm £225; 134 x 158 cm £6950 |
 BOUQUET AU VIOLON (Hand-woven tapestry) Inspired by an 18th century Flemish tapestry. 233 x 180 cm £2595 |
 BOUQUET BALUSTRADE Inspired by the 17th century Baroque masterpieces 107 x 148 cm £395; 147 x 195 cm £745 |
 BOUQUET FLAMAND From a Dutch 18th century masterpiece 113 x 84 cm £240; 147 x 106 cm £395 |
 BOUQUET COLONNES Ornamental bouquet with classical architecture 150 x 102 cm £395 |
 BEAUVAIS STILL LIFE Inspired by a tapestry woven at the Royal Beauvais workshops in the 19th century. 83 x 112 cm £240; £106 x 145 cm £370; 144 x 190 cm £740 |
 BOUQUET CORNEMUSE 19th century Beauvais-style tapestry 144 x 105 cm £370 |
 AUBUSSON PORTIERE Late 18th century. 185 x 71 cm £275 |
 FLORAL PORTIERE From a design woven c. 1865 193 x 74 cm £275 |
 BOUQUET NICHE Inspired by an early 18th century English tapestry 150 x 105 cm £370 |
 GARDEN OF BAGATELLE An ornamental tapestry in the Renaissance style, taken from a fresco over a fireplace at the Chateau de Fontainbleau, France. 121 x 93 cm £475; 173 x 130 cm £795; 240 x 180 cm £1125 |
 LE CONCERT D'AVRIL (silk-screened tapestry) Originally woven at the Royal Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, in the 18th century 244 x 182 cm £1425
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 VENICE (silk-screened tapestry) Venice is a sea-port built on over 100 islands in the Lagoon of Venice, where the main modes of transport are water buses and gondolas. This ancient city, in its strategic position between Europe and the East, because a powerful maritime and commercial centre in the Middle Ages. 114 x 163 cm £750 |
 THE ELEPHANT Mid-18th century woven at Aubusson. Now in the Louvre, Paris. 66 x 86 £125; 90 x 117 cm £ 260; 122 x 162cm £490 |
 THE CAMEL 'Exotic' style from the mid-18th century; a period when Orientalism was in vogue. 66 x 86n £125; 90 x 117 cm £260, 122 x 162 cm £490 |
 FLOWER BASKET (BLUE) Also available with cream background 71 x 100 £188; 145 x 200 cm £700 |
 COCK AND HENS After an 18th century painting. 73 x 93 cm £325; 93 x 130 cm £495 |
 FLORAL VASE (CREAM) Also available with blue background 100 x 71 cm £188; 200 x 145 cm £700 |