The Classics: paintings, furniture and works of art from antiquity to the 19th century, including a fine collection of religious art

Tapestry depicting a wading bird

Tapestry, wool and silk, Aubusson, late 17th–early 18th century, foliage at the château, river and birds, with a border; Aubusson, 17th century, yellow-brown background, decorated with palm scrolls, flowers and bunches of grapes, fleurs-de-lis in the upper spandrels. (signs of wear, restoration; the tapestry is fragmentary, cut down the middle lengthways and re-woven, with re-weaving in places; reduced in size at the sides; the border has been cut and re-woven).

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