Aubusson Tapestry "exotic Landscape With Peacock" 18th Century.

-This tapestry presents us with an exotic landscape embellished with a pagoda in its center, and animated by three birds including a peacock. Abundant vegetation in the foreground raises the gaze towards the multi-storey pagoda. The tail of the peacock offers in particular very beautiful details in the weaving which pleasantly occupy the space.

-This fragment comes from a model woven several times in Aubusson identified as the "Landscape with peacock, curtain, quiver and pagoda", several illustrations of this model in its entirety are presented in the work of Pascal-François BERTRAND "Aubusson Light tapestries" (fig.123 and fig.143 pages 131 to 138).

-The development in the 18th century of these "Verdures à pagoda" which evoke fantasized landscapes mixing fauna, flora, exotic architectures, goes hand in hand with the taste of the time for the imagery of distant countries, fashionable in Europe from the end of the 17th century, particularly that of China. They would probably be textile translations of models by the king's painter Jean-Joseph Dumons.

- Good state of preservation, the colors are in the form of shades of blue and green.

-Lined tapestry with rings on the back at the top as a hanging system.

Dimensions: Height: 219 cm Width: 200 cm