A PAIR OF REGENCE GROS POINT NEEDLEWORK PANELS

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09.02.2023 10:30UTC +01:00
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Lot 67 | A PAIR OF REGENCE GROS POINT NEEDLEWORK PANELS
A PAIR OF REGENCE GROS POINT NEEDLEWORK PANELS

POSSIBLY ST CYR, EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Each worked with a flower-filled urn beneath a lambrequin and a trelliswork arch flanked by a squirrel and a bird, the urn raised on an elaborate plinth woven with floral garlands and scrolling acanthus leaves; contained within a later border of double ribbon entwined around leafy stems, some replacement/reworked areas

124 x 42 in. (315 x 109 cm.) and 122 x 44 in. (312 x 112 cm.)





Provenance

With M. Seligmann, Paris.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Monaco, 14 June 1981, lot 56 (as a set of four).

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 14 June 2000, lot 2.

With Partridge Fine Arts, London.

The Collection of Dr. Alexandre Benchoufi; sold Sotheby's, New York, 9 November 2006, lot 6 ($57,000).



Exhibited

Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Louis XIV: Fastes et Décors, 1960, nos. 787-790 'Quatre pentes. Tapisserie au point. Décor de grands vases et fleurs.'



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