One decorated with a park and French gardens; two fountains in the centre with a château in perspective in the background. A tree adorned with roses and a parrot sit in the foreground over a river with three ducks.
The other tapestry decorated with a cloister and formal gardens in the background, a flower bed in the centre and a dog in the foreground facing a bird holding its prey, surrounded by finely drawn, colorful, flowering vegetation.
Both tapestries surrounded by a border of turning acanthus leaves in blue and gold.
The two tapestries woven very finely in wool and silk, lined with linen and ready to hang.
Signed G.W for Guillaume Werniers /Katherine Ghuys, the Widow Guillaume Werniers.
France, c.1740.
A version of this tapestry is also a part of the Getty museum collection in California.
HEIGHT OF THE LARGER: 271 cm (8'11")
WIDTH OF THE LARGER: 160 cm (5'2")
HEIGHT OF THE SMALLER: 270 cm (8'10")
WIDTH OF THE SMALLER: 136 cm (4'6")
£POA
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